Jan van Eyck - Vera Icon. Portrait of Christ 1440
Portrait of Christ. Vera Icon 1440
50x37cm oil on oak
Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium
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Vera Icon (or Head of Christ) is a lost oil-on panel portrait by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck, which probably formed half of a since dismantled diptych. The original is known through three contemporary copies from his workshop. They were completed in 1438, 1439 and 1440; with the first and last in Bruges, and the 1439 version in Munich.