Curated OER
Power and Portraiture
Ninth graders compare and contrast the art works of Van Eyck and Daumier. They examine pictures of upper and middle class people and identify the artifacts/environments particular to each group.
Other
Louvre Museum: A Closer Look at the Virgin and Child With Chancellor Rolin
A full-featured exploration of a sumptuous portrait of the Virgin and Child by Van Eyck, with insightful descriptions, analysis, and interpretative commentary. Especially insightful notes about the painting's religious symbolism.
California Digital Library
E Scholarship Editions: The Arnolfini Betrothal
A scholarly treatment of the difficulties that surround modern-day interpretations of the Arnolfini double portrait, including exhaustive description and analysis of medieval betrothal and marriage customs.
The National Gallery (UK)
National Gallery: The Arnolfini Portrait
Van Eyck's famous Arnolfini portrait is illustrated and described. Includes a Zoomable Pictures link that lets viewers examine the painting in detail.
Curated OER
Web Exhibits: Pigments Through the Ages: Renaissance and Baroque: Van Eyck
Reproduction of a Van Eyck portrait of a man in a red turban.