Jan van Eyck painted the ‘Crucifixion’ and ‘Last Judgment’ panels, now on view at the Met in New York, at the end of his life
Jan van Eyck (b. Van Eyck included a mind-blowing detail in these religious panels Jan van Eyck’s “The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment,” ca. This two-part painting by the incomparable Jan van Eyck is like black metal music emanating from a bouquet of flowers. But van Eyck’s “Crucifixion” and “Last Judgment” panels, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, take this diametrical effect to an astonishing level of visual intensity. But van Eyck (1390-1441) expected us to know its significance (“God so loved the world,” etcetera).
Source: Washington Post October 14, 2020 15:11 UTC
