; suffice it to say that she becamea Christian, and suffered martyrdom. Jan van Eyckrepresents her as a fair young Flemish maiden(holding for forms sake a martyrs palm) seated outof doors upon the ground reading in a book. In thebackground a multitude of workmen are buildingsuch a tower as Jan… … St. Barbera. By Jan van Eyck. Antwerp Museum. up the stones, the workmen labouring at their varioustasks, some wheeling up the rough blocks uponbarrows, some cutting and squaring them under amasons shed, some fitting them into their places. i44 THE VAN EYCKS. It is the truest representation of the…
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