Word: diptych
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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President Blumenthal will have under his control an institution which last year spent $1,450,000 to maintain itself, owns 2,182 oil paintings including one Hubert van Eyck diptych, 25 Rembrandts, two Velasquez', four El Grecos, two Giovanni Bellinis, six Cézannes, seven Whistlers and the originals of "Washington Crossing the Delaware" and "The Horse Fair...
...were born. But they were major masters of the Flemish school, they popularized oil painting throughout the world and-what endears them most to dealers and collectors-they left precious few pictures behind them. Fewer than 20 genuine van Eycks are known to exist. Beside the Metropolitan's diptych only two others are in the U. S.: "The Vision of St. Francis" in the John Graver Johnson Collection in Philadelphia; the "Annunciation," purchased from the Soviet Government four years ago. The history of the Metropolitan's diptych is well known. It was discovered in Spain by the Russian...