Filmed at many museums on both sides of the Atlantic, this program critically examines the following masterpieces of Northern European painting: Rogier van der Weyden's St. John Alterpiece and Portrait of a young woman ; Hugo van der Goes' Adoration of the Magi ; Albrecht Durer's Portrait of a priest ; Hans Holbein the Younger; s Portrait of the artist's wife with Katharina and Philipp ; and Pieter Bruegel the Elder's The Triumph of death.