Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886 · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 51
his brotherJan. They invented a colourless varnishwhich could be applied with safety to oilcolours, and thus obviated the only impedi-ment to their use, namely, their excessiveslowness in drying, which had been beforemet by the use of a varnish which darkenedmany colours and was therefore… … 33 EYCK the great altarpiece in the Church of St,Bavou (now St. John), Ghent—the Adorationof the Lamb, which he painted for JodocusVydt, a rich patrician of Ghent. The fol-lowing portions, as differing in drawing,colouring, cast of drapery, and treatmentfrom the style of Jan, as recognized in…
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