The artist Carel van Mander used this painting to argue against Pliny's statement that "painters who have to paint a hundred faces ... are unable to compete with nature." This painting depicts eight crowned women singing from a songbook, as well as St. Cecilia playing an organ. This painting portray
The artist Carel van Mander used this painting to argue against Pliny's statement that "painters who have to paint a hundred faces ... are unable to compete with nature." This painting depicts eight crowned women singing from a songbook, as well as St. Cecilia playing an organ. This painting portrays Elizabeth Boorluut worshiping a grisaille statue of St. John the Evangelist, and features God wearing a huge three-tiered crown. Its inner panels show a dove radiating light over the central figure, who is dripping blood into a chalice. For 10 points, name this altarpiece centering on the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, created by Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
The artist Carel van Mander used this painting to argue against Pliny's statement that "painters who have to paint a hundred faces ... are unable to compete with nature.
Ghent Altarpiece [prompt on "Adoration of the Mystic Lamb" or "Het Lam Gods" before said]