Jan van Eyck, The Virgin Mary (1432)

The Virgin Mary (detail from the Ghent Altarpiece), 1432

Jan van Eyck (c.  before 1390 – July 9, 1441) was a painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. 

According to Vasari and other art historians including Ernst Gombrich, he invented oil painting, though most now regard that claim as an oversimplification.

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