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EYCK, Jan van: The Ghent Altarpiece: Angels Playing Music

🖼 The Ghent Altarpiece: Angels Playing Music, 1426-27
Oil on wood
164.1 × 72.9 cm
Gent, Belgium

Ethereal figures float in celestial gold, rendered with jewel-like precision and luminous oil glazes. Van Eyck's angels revolutionized Northern European art through unprecedented technical mastery and spiritual intimacy, establishing the altarpiece as a pinnacle of Flemish devotional achievement.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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