A critical essay on oil-painting  proving that the art of painting in oil was known before the pretended discovery of John and Hubert van Eyck; to which are added, Theophilus De arte pingendi Eraclius De artibus Romanorum. And a review of Farinator's Lumen animæ, by R.E. Raspe.

The adoration of the lamb. Chromolithograph after Jan van Eyck.

Saint Barbara. Engraving by C. van Noorde, 1769, after Jan van Eyck.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Lithograph by N.J. Strixner, 1820, after J. van Eyck.

Saint Thomas of Canterbury with the knife as attribute of his matyrdom. Engraving after W. Hollar after a painting attributed to J. van Eyck.

1 print : chromolithograph ; image 39.1 x 66 cm

1 print : engraving, with etching and plate tone ; image 31.3 x 18 cm

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Jan van Eyck

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The adoration of the lamb. Chromolithograph after Jan van Eyck.

Saint Barbara. Engraving by C. van Noorde, 1769, after Jan van Eyck.

Saint Thomas of Canterbury with the knife as attribute of his matyrdom. Engraving after W. Hollar after a painting attributed to J. van Eyck.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Lithograph by N.J. Strixner, 1820, after J. van Eyck.

A critical essay on oil-painting proving that the art of painting in oil was known before the pretended discovery of John and Hubert van Eyck; to which are added, Theophilus De arte pingendi Eraclius De artibus Romanorum. And a review of Farinator's Lumen animæ, by R.E. Raspe.