|
|
EYCK, Jan van
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1395-1441
Painter and illuminator, brother of Hubert van Eyck. According to a 16th-century Ghent tradition, represented by van Vaernewijck and Lucas d'Heere, Jan trained with his brother Hubert. Pietro Summonte's assertion (1524) that he began work as an illuminator is supported by the fine technique and small scale of most of Jan's works, by manuscript precedents for certain of his motifs, and by his payment in 1439 for initials in a book (untraced) for Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Jan is first documented in The Hague in August 1422 as an established artist with an assistant and the title of 'Master', working for John III, Count of Holland (John of Bavaria; reg 1419-25), who evidently discovered the artist while he was bishop (1389-1417) of the principality of Liege.
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 6607
Annunciation ssd
c. 1436
Oil on wood, 39 x 24 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 6608
Annunciation sds
c. 1436
Oil on wood, 39 x 24 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 6609
Small Triptych (central panel) ssf
c. 1437
Oil on oak, 27,5 x 21,5 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 6610
Small Triptych (outer panels) rt
c. 1437
Oil on oak, 39 x 24 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 6611
Small Triptych ssf
c. 1437
Oil on oak, 27,5 x 21,5 cm (central), 27,5 x 8 cm (each side)
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Prev Artist Next Artist
|
|
EYCK, Jan van
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1395-1441
Painter and illuminator, brother of Hubert van Eyck. According to a 16th-century Ghent tradition, represented by van Vaernewijck and Lucas d'Heere, Jan trained with his brother Hubert. Pietro Summonte's assertion (1524) that he began work as an illuminator is supported by the fine technique and small scale of most of Jan's works, by manuscript precedents for certain of his motifs, and by his payment in 1439 for initials in a book (untraced) for Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Jan is first documented in The Hague in August 1422 as an established artist with an assistant and the title of 'Master', working for John III, Count of Holland (John of Bavaria; reg 1419-25), who evidently discovered the artist while he was bishop (1389-1417) of the principality of Liege.
. Related Artists to EYCK, Jan van: | RIGAUD, Hyacinthe | Charles Napier Hemy | Giacomo Bassano | Gustav Adolf Hippius | Pauwels van Hillegaert |
|
|
