On the top edge of this painting's frame, the artist inscribed in Greek, "As I can," while on the bottom, he wrote a Latin acknowledgement of having made it.
On the top edge of this painting's frame, the artist inscribed in Greek, "As I can," while on the bottom, he wrote a Latin acknowledgement of having made it. The empty, pitch black background all but drowns out the subject's body below his highly detailed face, though everything below his shoulders is cut off anyway. With a squint in his eyes, possibly the result of gazing into a mirror, the subject looks directly at the viewer; for which this work is cited as one of the earliest portraits ever to do so. FTP, identify this likely self-portrait of Jan van Eyck wearing a colored piece of headgear.
On the top edge of this painting's frame, the artist inscribed in Greek, "As I can," while on the bottom, he wrote a Latin acknowledgement of having made it.
{Man in a Red Turban}