The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 213
David, Albert van Ouwater andQuentin Matsys. The great altar-piece of the Adora-tion of the Lamb at Ghent was all,and even more, to Flemish painting. and Eve, the great central panel,vvfhich is all that remains at Ghent,moved Fromentin to say that in thiswork art had achieved perfection in afirst… … FIG. 367. JAN ARNOLFINI AND HIS WIFE. JAN VAN EYCK. (National Gallery, London.) that Masaccios frescoes were to theItalian School. This work, nowdivided between the towns of Ghent,Brussels, and Berlin, was begun aboutthe year 1415 by Hubert van Eyck,and finished in 1432 by his brotherJan. It is not…
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