I love these “10-minute Talks.” The production quality is professional but not overly produced. And it is always a pleasure to hear directly from your curators, educators, and members of the conservation department. More of these videos, please! ☺️

Love the curator's enthusiasm and energy.Compelling.

His piercing gaze captures the metaphysical essence of his being

Despite all the achievements of European painting since van Eyck’s death, this self portrait remains an absolutely staggering achievement, not least because of its utterly mesmerising quality. To stand in front of it and actually feel the artist’s piercing gaze is almost chilling. What a man-and he so clearly tells us so. Fascinating to learn of the papal confessor permit-all of a piece with van Eyck’s stature.

I read somewhere, speculation that this was a sort of marketing piece for Van Eyck. It was small and portable and it he could hold it up and say, "Look, this is what I can do," as a live demonstration. It is an extraordinary piece of realism.

The detail on his self portrait is extraordinary for how small it is, youd have to be so close to see the suttle lighting from his stubble just amazing.

@ArtHistorywithAlder

2 жыл бұрын

So true. Really incredible

What a great talk by Emma. Great camera work, too. I was transfixed!

Excellent presentation!

Thank you very much, Emma - I really enjoyed your talk, and your enthusiasm! I was staggered to notice that stubble!

One of the greatest Flemish painters if not the greatest

Great lecture, very informative; I learned a lot in this. Thank you Miss Emma.

I truly enjoyed this video. The speaker was excellent and provided wonderful information in a clear voice. I love the short format; so much detail but never boring or long winded. I look forward to seeing more of these. Thank you for posting that’s very interesting video on Van Eyck 🙏🏻

Thank you National Gallery and Emma, another fascinating talk. Emma you are as beautiful as the painting!

Thank you Emma. There does seem to be a nice contrast between his cool steely gaze and his devil may care head wear.

Ive always loved the Arnolfini portrait, I think its the little dog that does it for me

@jennyruth5620

2 жыл бұрын

It's my favorite! I think it's the green that's so stunning. I even have this as my phone case!

@lairx

2 жыл бұрын

@@jennyruth5620 It is one of my alltime favourites as well, returning to it time and again. I love everything about this piece - it is totally enigmatic with lots and lots of tiny details, e.g. the shoes, the oranges, the cherries, the single candle... Also interesting is the relation between the Arnolfini painting and the self portrait of this video: there exists a portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini by van Eyck, where Arnolfini wears exactly the same red head gear as van Eyck does in his own self portrait.

Great presentation by Ms. Capron. Concise but complete. Look forward to more by her.

The way the light interacts with the sclera is unique.

Thank you for sharing with us 😊 love this channel and the passion all of you feel for the work you do.

Fabulous little presentation this. I love also the concise format of 10 min talks. Thank you.

Great video as always. I loved to know more about van Eyck, and to see the close-up details as the explanations about each bit were given. So good, too, to see Emma's genuine enthusiasm when she talked about the new discovery! Thank you!

Thank you

This was really great

Love this. I have seen and admired these works. Knowing more makes them even more precious!

Thank you Emma. Beautiful and educational.

I think I would listen to whatever Emma chose to say -- so charming.

Great video, packed with so much info about Jan van Eyck. I love this portrait and the mysteriousness of van Eyck's life. Thanks!

Such an interesting talk. I didn't know about the Vatican manuscript. I love Netherlandish Art.

Thanks , now I know Van Eyck a d his paintings and a little about him.

Excellent……..real art…..thank you

One could argue that “as I can” means “Here is my best.”

An excellent presentation, as always. Thanks!! A thought: "As I can" can be interpreted two different ways. "As [only] I can" or "This is the best I can do." The former (and most probable, I suppose) fits his personality of being sure of himself; the latter fits the personality of a modest diplomat.

Thank you - I really enjoyed this talk. You know, never noticed the stubble before!

Brilliant work Emma!!

Great way to start my morning. Thank you!

Bravo. Wonderful! Thank you!

Wonderful ! Thanks..

Thank you! That was great, looking forward to more :)

Emma, great! Thankyou.

Wonderful.

Very well stated presentation. I did not know the gallery had those paintings. Hope to visit again and see them myself. The wedding portrait has always been a marvel to me

Great presentation. Love early Netherlandish art period

That was wonderful, thanks.

Thank you! I learned a lot.

Very informative and I like that it was less than 10 minutes long.

Very good. Thanks for posting.

great job! very informative and well presented!

Very interesting. Although one knows the information, it is always amusing to be reminded of it, above all through such a nice hostess.

Thank you. Very interesting. 👍😀

Great video 😊

Nicely presented. An interesting talk 🙂

A great follow up for this is the Amolfini episode #2 of A Stitch in Time with Amber Butchert where they reproduce the green gown.

Thank you for this amazing analysis. one thing I might say is the comment about light at 4:16 I think might be incorrect. Could it be that its grey hair growing intermittently? which he certainly is of the right age. Equally brilliant!

Wonderful talk, thank you. That hat does look like he put a live chicken in a red bag and stuck it on his head. Perhaps just a passing fashion..

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It's very seductive to belive that van Eyck made "his portrait" for us...for us to see

Van Eyck's image is in the mirror of the Arnolfini portrait. Is the detail not clear enough to see a likeness?

My fave high precision painter. But why the outlandish red head gear. You say it was the fashion but it's a bit much. But a lot of his stuff was unusual and interesting.

but show me what his palette was, what colors he uses, how he mixes the colors, ow he painted, how he used his technique, how he prepared the surface before painting, how he made his sketches!!!

I am wondering what the relationship was between the king and the painter. It seems very personal.

What is the word at 3:46? Apparently the Italian word "sprezzatura" can have this sense ("studied carelessness"), but it sounds as if she's saying something else.

Looks a little like charles dance

@jennyruth5620

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that too! How Fab to have him play the artist in a biopic?!

if you attached the text in the commentary to the video, foreigners who do not know the language could then use the translation.

Wonderful, informative presentation. I find your nearly constant hand movements a bit distracting.

could he have been genetically related to his patron?

I don't buy it that this is a self-portrait; if you look at the man closely you a certain resemblance with the wife of Jan Van Eyck, namely Margret; so for me, this is a portrait of his father-in-law, a present to him from the painter because he could marry his daughter; in fact, the so-called Arnolfini is his self-portrait, but that's another story I can explain with arguments.

Excellent presentation!