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Puyvelde, Leo van, 1882-1965.

Hubert and Jan van Eyck / text by Léo van Puyvelde ; plates by Annibale Belli.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956.

42 pages : 36 color plates ; 38 cm

In short, it is nothing but the careful and extremely skilful use of all the painter's resources which constitutes the so-called secret of the van Eycks. It makes their pictures precious not only on account of their appearance and finish, but as subtle recreations of those forms and places which they had to represent. This command of a pictorial language enables the artist to give real substance to abstract ideas and make them intelligible to all. - p. 9.

The Gallery of masterpieces

Gallery of masterpieces.

Eyck, Hubert van, 1366-1426.

Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440.

Biographies.

Belli, Annibale, platemaker.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-42).

Innovation in technique -- Innovation in the artistic conception -- The significance of The Holy Lamb -- The style -- The author of The Holy Lamb -- The work of Hubert van Eyck -- The work of Jan van Eyck -- Biographies of the van Eycks -- Plates. -- 1. Saint Barbara / Jan van Eyck -- 2. The Holy Lamb. Portrait of the donor Joos Vijd / Hubert van Eyck -- 3. The Holy Lamb. Portrait of Isabella Borluut / Hubert van Eyck -- 4. The Holy Lamb. Adam and Eve / Hubert van Eyck -- 5. The Holy Lamb. Central panel / Hubert van Eyck -- 6. The Holy Lamb. The Virgin. Detail / Hubert van Eyck -- 7. The Holy Lamb. Saint John the Baptist. Detail / Hubert van Eyck -- 8. The Holy Lamb. Christ in Glory. Detail / Hubert van Eyck -- 9. The Holy Lamb. Musician angels. Detail / Hubert van Eyck -- 10. The Holy Lamb. Wing : The pilgrims. Detail : Landscape / Hubert van Eyck -- 11. The Holy Lamb. Wing : The soldiers of Christ. Detail / Hubert van Eyck -- 12. The Holy Lamb. Central panel. Detail : Group of virgin martyrs / Hubert van Eyck -- 13. The Holy Lamb. Central panel. Detail : Group of martyrs / Hubert van Eyck -- 14. The Holy Lamb . The choir of angels. Detail / Hubert van Eyck -- 15. The Holy Lamb. Central panel. Detail : Group of confessors : the Apostles / Hubert van Eyck -- 16. The Virgin in a church / Hubert van Eyck -- 17. The three Maries at the sepulchre / Hubert van Eyck -- 18. The three Maries at the sepulchre. Detail : A sleeping soldier / Hubert van Eyck -- 19. The three Maries at the sepulchre. Detail : A sleeping soldier / Hubert van Eyck -- 20. St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata / Jan van Eyck -- 21. St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata. Detail / Jan van Eyck -- 22. The Madonna by the fountain / Jan van Eyck -- 23. Portrait of the man in the red turban / Jan van Eyck -- 24. The Madonna with Canon George van der Paele / Jan van Eyck -- 25. The Madonna with Canon George van der Paele. Detail : The donor -- 26. Portrait of the artist's wife / Jan van Eyck -- 27. The Madonna with Chancellor Rolin / Jan van Eyck -- 28. The Madonna with Chancellor Rolin. Detail : Landscape / Jan van Eyck -- 29. The Madonna with Chancellor Rolin. Detail : The Virgin / Jan van Eyck -- 30. Portrait of 'Tymotheos' / Jan van Eyck -- 31. The Virgin of Lucca / Jan van Eyck -- 32. Portrait of Cardinal Albergati / Jan van Eyck -- 33. Portrait of the man with carnation / Jan van Eyck -- 34. Portrait of Arnolfini and his wife. Detail : Arnolfini's wife / Jan van Eyck -- 35. Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife / Jan van Eyck -- 36. Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife. Detail : The chandelier and the mirror / Jan van Eyck -- Bibliography -- Table of illustrations.

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