Some book reviews
The Guardian:
“The story of Van Eyck is one of the most mythicised in art history. For centuries it was told as gospel fact that Van Eyck was the inventor of oil painting, and that he discovered it because he dabbled in the occult science of alchemy.”
The Guardian:
“The story of Van Eyck is one of the most mythicised in art history. For centuries it was told as gospel fact that Van Eyck was the inventor of oil painting, and that he discovered it because he dabbled in the occult science of alchemy.”