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1. Oil Painting

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   Historical Genesis and Development
   While rudimentary oil-based media were utilized in antiquity;—notably in some Egyptian mummy portraits—the systematic development of oil painting is often attributed to Early Netherlandish masters in the 15th century. Jan van Eyck is frequently credited with perfecting the technique, although recent iconographic analysis suggests the refinement process began significantly earlier among itinerant [Germanic miniaturists](/entries/…