The three Marys at the Tomb
Hubert van Eyck·1430
Historical Context
The Three Marys at the Tomb, attributed to Hubert van Eyck (Jan van Eyck's elder brother), depicts the three women discovering Christ's empty tomb on Easter morning. The attribution to Hubert remains debated, as very little is securely attributed to him apart from possible work on the Ghent Altarpiece. Now in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the painting's monumental figures and landscape setting show the early development of Eyckian naturalism.
Technical Analysis
The panel displays early Netherlandish oil technique with rich, deep colors and detailed landscape rendering, though with a more archaic spatial arrangement than Jan van Eyck's mature works.
