The early northern painters : studies in the National Gallery (1922)
Peers, Gertrude Katherine · London, Medici Society · leaf 66
has built up his fortune bit bybit, with no risky ventures. It is a marvellous painting.The very texture of the skin is shown : specially won-derful is the treatment of the eyes, and the veins ofthe temples and the modelling of the mouth and badlyshaven chin. The longer one looks at it the… … A Mans Portrait No. . JAN VAN EYCK VAN EYCKS PORTRAITS 47 fixed it on his head and how, when arranged, it everremained there. The frame is the original one madefor the picture, and is painted to imitate marble ; onit is Van Eycks delightfully human and modest motto, Als ikh kan, As I can, together…
National Gallery (Great Britain) · Painting
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