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Jan Van Eyck 1395-1441
Flemish
Jan Van Eyck Locations
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 assertion (1524) that he began work as an illuminator is supported by the fine technique and small scale of most of Jan 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. Jan became the court official painter and was paid, with a second assistant when the work increased in 1423, continuously, probably until the count death in January 1425.
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Painting ID:: 30413 Details of Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife
mk68
1434
Nothern Renaissance
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Painting ID:: 31722 Virgin and child,with saints and donor
mk76
Painted c.1441
Oil on panel
18 5/8x24 1/8in
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Painting ID:: 31723 Details of virgin and child,with saints and donor
mk76
Painted c.1441
Oil on panel
18 5/8x24 1/8in
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Painting ID:: 34382 Giovanni Aronolfini und seine Braut Giovanna Cenami
mk92
1450
83x62cm
London,
National Gallery
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Painting ID:: 37824 The Dog
mk129
a symbol of devotion since time im-memorial,
Stands for conjugal fidelity.
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Jan Van Eyck
1395-1441
Flemish
Jan Van Eyck Locations
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 assertion (1524) that he began work as an illuminator is supported by the fine technique and small scale of most of Jan 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. Jan became the court official painter and was paid, with a second assistant when the work increased in 1423, continuously, probably until the count death in January 1425.
. Related Artists to Jan Van Eyck: | Baron Pierre-Narcisse Guerin | John Seymour Lucas | Simon Dequoy | Eugene Fromentin | Feuer im Dorf |
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