The Son of Glass and Light In the bustling streets of Ghent, a child was born into a world of color and light, the son of Jacob De Liemaker, a man who shaped beauty through the medium of glass. This lineage of craftsmanship flowed through the veins of Nicolas de Liemaker, shaping a young mind that would eventually turn from the transparency of glass to the heavy, dramatic textures of oil on canvas. While some suggest he may have learned his craft under the guidance of Markus Geeraerts the younger, the shifting tides of history suggest a different path. It is more likely that his hands were fi…