Noise

Maryan Ainsworth

July 24, 2013

2 min. watch

This video is part of 82nd and Fifth, a series that invites curators from across the Museum to talk about an artwork that changed the way they see the world.

“Van Eyck has really broken the silence.”

Curator Maryan Ainsworth on The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment (ca. 1436–38) by Jan van Eyck.

Contributors

Maryan Ainsworth
Curator Emerita, Department of European Paintings

Photography by Anna-Marie Kellen

Art Mentioned

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

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