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Robert Campin Master of Flemalle Portrait of a women and Portrait of a man Portrait of a Woman. c.1430. National Gallery London. (s) Portrait of a Man. c.1430. National Gallery London. (s) These paintings were painted by Robert Campin, or Master of Flemalle, as he was known. He was a Flemish painter of the northern Renaissance and was one of the first artists to depict realistic interpretations of the subjects he was painting. He was also one of the first painters of the time to experiment with oil paints, along with Jan van Eyck. These paintings were created in 1430. In the paintings we can see that even though we do not know who these two people are, we can tell that they are not excessively rich by their clothing. Most likely they were just towns people used as subjects for the paintings. Although the paintings are two different