A Goldsmith in his Shop, 1449, Oil on oak panel, Overall 39 3/8 x 33 3/4 in. (100. 1 x 85. 8 cm) ; painted surface 38 5/8 x 33 1/2 in. (98 x 85. 2 cm), Paintings, Petrus Christus (Netherlandish, Baarle-Hertog (Baerle-Duc), active by 1444?died 1475/76 Bruges), A celebrated masterpiece of Northern Renaissance Art, this painting was signed and dated 1449 by Petrus Christus, the leading painter in Bruges (Flanders) after the death of Jan van Eyck. The panel attests to Netherlandish artists' keen interest in pictorial illusionism and meticulous attention to detail, especially in the luminous jeweled, glass, and metallic objects, secular and ecclesiastic trade wares that are examples of the goldsmith's virtuosity