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  5. \paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This painting, that was commissioned by Chancellor Nicolas Rolin, a high official of the Burgundian court, comes from the co
  6. llegial church of Autun. The work shows how van Eyck used the technique of oil painting to reproduce the world in a way that no one had ever managed before.