Blessing Christ and Praying Virgin

Flemish artist Robert Campin painted this devotional diptych showing Christ blessing alongside the Virgin Mary in prayer. The detailed realism of faces and fabric reflects the Early Netherlandish style. Campin pioneered many techniques later developed by his student Jan van Eyck.

These panels would have aided private devotion in a wealthy household. The precise observation of textures and light shows Campin's radical approach. The work is held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.