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For a time, art historians such as Panofsky thought that the work of Petrus Christus was a direct result of Jan van Eyck’s influence.[i] While it is probable that Christus was influenced by Van Eyck, an artist as talented as the former should not go down in history in the shadow of another artist, notContinue reading “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Legacy of Petrus Christus in the Shadow of Jan van Eyck”