Amazing.
I saw this Jan van Eyck painting in Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum earlier this year.
As with the self-portrait, the Northern Renaissance developed the three-quarters turned-view portraits in the early 15th century for a sense of engagement. Before the Italians.
I love the aging cardinal’s features - wrinkles around eyes, creases on earlobes etc. The realism - through successive layers of oil colours - gives a touching personality and intimacy to the cardinal.
A wonderful work of art.
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A sense of unease around his lips? Eyebrows furrowed.
Eyes a bit strained?
The earlobes are fascinating.
I love the wisps of thin hair on his head.
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