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, based on stylistic similarities to portions of the "Adoration of the lamb" passage in the ''

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''. The Master of the Grimacing St John is one of only two assistant of van Eyck's whose hand can be identified across several works.The other is the hand behind the ''

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'' He takes his

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from an imitation stone statue in a

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diptych wing panel of St. John the Baptist, opposite a ''Virgin and Child'', and is associated with a pen and pencil drawing of St Paul in Vienna.Borchert, 69 The Master of the Grimacing St John's panel has been in the

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since 1897.

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Sources

* Muchembled, Robert. ''Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe, Volume 4''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. * Borchert, Till-Holger. ''Van Eyck''. London:

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, 2008. {{Authority control 1430s paintings van Eyck (studio) Paintings of the Virgin Mary Paintings depicting John the Apostle