Jan van Eyck, The Ince Hall Madonna (The Virgin and Child Reading) (1433, The National Gallery, Melbourne)
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Peter Paul Rubens, Virgin and Child (1624-1625, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
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«For it is
reliably known, that the great Rubens, and his
predecessor Van Eyck, both Flemish artists, most assiduously
studied chemistry in Germany before they applied themselves
to painting; and that, to a great extent, the
brilliancy of their colours was owing to their
extensive knowledge of that science.»
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D. Laurent
de Lara, Elementary Instruction in The Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting
on Vellum, A Guide to Modern Illuminators, London, 1863, J, Weitheimer and Co.,
p. 31.
