Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character, Volume 1

This is a 1953 book on art history by Erwin Panofsky, derived from the 1947–1948 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures.

This book clarifies the historical premises of the achievement of Hubert and Jan van Eyck. It helps to assess what we know about their style and to chart the course of those ensuing developments to constitute the main stream of the Early Netherlandish tradition.