Oh So Primitive

I am enthralled by the works of the so-called Northern Primitives, so I was really pleased to see works by two of them in Sibiu this week. Some might say something about photographs making these paintings redundant but I disagree. The works that van Eyk, Memling and Rogier van der Weyden have left us transcend photographs - although I cannot explain how.

Van Eyk, Man with a Blue Hat, (a portrait of Duke Philippe I of Brabant), painted in 1430; Hans Memling, Portrait of a Man Reading, painted in 1470; Hans Memling, Portrait of a Woman at Prayer, painted in 1470.

Part of the collection of the Bruckenthal Museum's collection in Sibiu, Romania.