EYCK, Jan van
(b. before 1395, Maaseik, d. before 1441, Bruges)

The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (details)

1436
Oil on wood, width of details: 7,5 cm (each)
Groeninge Museum, Bruges

The exquisite brocades, furs, silks and other setails are shown in an extraordinarily lifelike and brilliant way, a way that confirms their reality, their tangibility.