In his 1550 volume Lives of the Artists, painter and architect Giorgio Vasari snuck in praise for the Flemish artist Jan van Eyck in his chapter on the Italian painter Antonello da Messina. Vasari ...

Now a fairytale destination that should be on everyone’s bucket lists, Bruges was once a bustling commercial centre and the home of painter Jan Van Eyck. As you wander through the streets, it is easy ...