Alix and I went to the National Gallery Sunday (for the second time in a month, no less) and spent some time looking at the Van Eyck Eric explicates so well below.
My favorite canvas in the gallery is on tour, having been replaced by a triptych, which, while good, is a pale disappointment to anyone looking for the Raphael.
See the gallery’s website for more information on this piece. Please, no emails telling me why the race, locale, structures, or colors are all historically incorrect. We don’t care, and neither should you.
Black Jesus!
Jayson,
Huh?