"Van Eyck has really broken the silence."
Curator Maryan Ainsworth on "The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment" by Jan van Eyck.
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"Van Eyck has really broken the silence."
Maryan Ainsworth
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Maryan Ainsworth
Curator Emerita, Department of European Paintings
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