. A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the National loan exhibition, in aid of National gallery funds, held in the Grafton Galleries, London (1909-1910) . nds exposis li Bruges, 1902. An early work by Jan van Eyck, painted before 1425 ; shows closerpoints of resemblance than any other painting to the panel representing theAdoration of the Lamb.—Friedlaender, in Repertorium, xxvi. 1902, p. 68. Mr. A. Marks, in the Thnes, January 16, 1903, points out that the viewof Jerusalem could not possibly have been made on the spot, as the walls,pulled down in 1239, were not rebuilt until 1542; more
. A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the National loan exhibition, in aid of National gallery funds, held in the Grafton Galleries, London (1909-1910) . nds exposis li Bruges, 1902. An early work by Jan van Eyck, painted before 1425 ; shows closerpoints of resemblance than any other painting to the panel representing theAdoration of the Lamb.—Friedlaender, in Repertorium, xxvi. 1902, p. 68. Mr. A. Marks, in the Thnes, January 16, 1903, points out that the viewof Jerusalem could not possibly have been made on the spot, as the walls,pulled down in 1239, were not rebuilt until 1542; moreover, the sun isrepresented as rising in the west! W. H. James Weale, Hubert and John van Eyck, 1908, pp. 153-7, quotesall the references of modern writers. See also Athen^um, April 18, 1908,p. 485. IVood. 28J in. X 34 in. ( x ). Formerly attributed to Jan van Eyck. Exhibited at Burlington House, Old Masters, 1873, No. 171 ; shown atBurlington Fine Arts Club, 1892, No. 11; exhibited at the New Gallery,1899, No. 9; also at Bruges, Early Netherlandish Masters, 1902, No. 7 ; alsoat the Guildhall, 1906, No. i. Lent by Sir Frederick Cook, Bart. 116. 70LE MAlTRE DE MOULINS: Active 1484-1527 French SchoolTHE ANXUNCIATIOX IN the right foreground the Virgin, wearing a blue tunic and ared mantle, is kneeling at a fald-stool, on which is placed anopen Book of Hours. Above her head hovers the Holy Spirit. Inthe right background is her bed, on the back of which hangs afeigned representation of Christ as Salvator Mundi. On the leftthe Archangel Gabriel is represented in a white tunic and richlyembroidered green mantle, the right hand being raised and the lefthand holding a sceptre. Elaborate architectural background andtiled floor. PFood. 28 in. X 19 in. ( x ). A note on this picture was published by Mr. Roger E. Fry in theBurlington Magazine, 1906, vol. ix. p. 331. This is one of the very rare works of this artist, who is by some criticsidentified with the Peintre des
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