Can you listen to a painting?

"Van Eyck has really broken the silence."

"Van Eyck has really broken the silence."

Curator Maryan Ainsworth on "The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment" by Jan van Eyck.

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The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, Jan van Eyck  Netherlandish, Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
Jan van Eyck
ca. 1436–38