Conway, Agnes Ethel, b. 1885, Conway, William Martin, Sir, 1856-1937, joint author · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 70
tuffs, such as at that time wereimported into Europe from the East. The dressesare not accurate copies of eastern dresses ; Hubertwould scarcely have known what those were like,but was doing his best to paint costumes thatshould look oriental. Mary Magdalen wears aturban, and the keeper on the… … THE VAN EYCKS 49 what they meant, since it has not been possibleto make any sense of them. In the foregroundare masses of flowers most carefully painted,and so accurately drawn that botanists havebeen able to identify them all; several do notgrow in the north of Europe. The town at theback is…
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