Altarpiece:
John the Evangelist
Jan van Eyck 1390 – 1441
oil on panel (146 × 52 cm) — 1432
The Bible in Pictures - John the Evangelist
John 1:1 - That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
Jan van Eyck shows his skills with this fine example of trompe l'oeil. It looks like a statue standing in a niche, but it really is a painting.
The panel is one of the doors of the Ghent Altarpiece.
>>>> Ghent Altarpiece
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