[CONTENTS]

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I.[The Advent of the Van Eycks]11
II.[Hubert's Novitiate]17
III.[The Great Polyptych]22
IV.[In the Service of Burgundy]42
V.[Period of Great Endeavour]58
VI.[A Note in Conclusion]77

[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

Plate
I.[The Adoration of the Lamb], c. 1426Frontispiece
(By Hubert van Eyck.—The Cathedral, Ghent)
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II.[Choir of Angels], c. 142614
(By Hubert van Eyck.—Royal Gallery, Berlin)
III.[Portrait of "Tymotheos,"] 143224
(By John van Eyck.—National Gallery, London, No. 290)
IV.[Portrait of the Painter's Father-in-law], 143334
(By John van Eyck.—National Gallery, London, No. 222)
V.[John Arnolfini and Joan Cenani, his Wife], 143440
(By John van Eyck.—National Gallery, London, No. 186)
VI.[The Virgin and Child, St. Donatian and St. George, and Canon G. Van der Paele], 143650
(By John van Eyck.—Town Gallery, Bruges)
VII.[Portrait of Margaret van Eyck, the Painter's Wife], 143960
(By John van Eyck.—Town Gallery, Bruges)
VIII.[The Virgin and Child, and Chancellor Rolin], date uncertain70
(By — van Eyck.—The Louvre, Paris)

[I]
THE ADVENT OF THE VAN EYCKS