Chartreuse (liqueur) color chartreuse, which was first used as a term of color in 1884. It is one of the handful of liqueurs that continue to age and improve in the bottle. Green Chartreuse (110 proof or 55% ABV) is a naturally green liqueur made from 130 herbs and other plants macerated in alcohol and steeped for about eight hours. A last maceration of plants gives its color to the liqueur. Yellow Chartreuse (80 proof or 40%), which has a milder and sweeter flavour and aroma. VEP stands for "Vieillissement Exceptionnellement Prolongé", meaning "exceptionally prolonged aging". It is made using the same
Portrait of a Carthusian the artist’s signature (the fly’s position right next to ‘Petrus ΧΡΙ Me Fecit’ hinting that the fly might be the referent of ‘me’ rather than the painting.) "Portrait of a Carthusian" featured a halo above the monk’s head when it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1944. However, halos are extremely rare in Early Netherlandish painting and the one in "Portrait of a Carthusian" has long been an object of speculation. Finally in 1994, in preparation for the Met’s exhibition "Petrus Christus: Renaissance Master of Bruges", the authenticity of halo was publicly examined by a panel of