An outline history of painting for young people and students (1883)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, White, Stokes, & Allen · leaf 172
ad, and thus it happened that it was toJan that other artists went to learn his secrets. Jan van Eyck was something of a diplomat as well as apainter, for when he was in the service of Philip the Good,Duke of Burgundy, he was sent on several secret missions,and in 1428 he accompanied the… … Fig. 53—The Anchorites. In S. Bavon at Ghent. 158 PAINTIXG. portrait of himself and wife in the National Gallery, London,is very interesting; they stand hand in hand, with a ter-rier dog at their feet; their dress and all the details of theirsurroundings are painted with great care. It is said…
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