If you compare the drawing of the angel appearing to the Maries with any of the angels wearing the badge of Richard II., you will see how much more life-like is the angel of Hubert.

The painter of Richard II.

was not happy with his figures unless they were standing up or kneeling in profile, but Hubert van Eyck can draw them with tolerable success lying down, or sitting huddled.

He can also combine a group in a natural manner.

The absence of formal arrangement in the picture of the Maries is quite new in medieval art.
The painter of Richard II.