Book Description
For centuries, two nearly identical paintings by Jan van Eyck (c. 1422-1441), one in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and one (four times larger) in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin, have presented extremely thorny and complex issues for art history. Published on the occasion of their respective restorations, this detailed exploration of the two works examines questions concerning their origins, attribution, dating, iconography, and related geology. Research from both technical and art-historical perspectives by internationally known authors provides a broader platform from which to view these two precious paintings. Bibliography.