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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:: 37825 Origins of the Portrait
mk129
Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 38167 Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor
mk29
Oil on canvas
47.3x61.3cm
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Painting ID:: 39639 Cardinal Niccolo Albergati
mk150
c.1435
Oak
34.1x27.3cm
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Painting ID:: 40175 Adoration of the Lamb
mk156
Oil on panel
350x461cm
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Painting ID:: 40179 Man in Red Turban
mk156
1433
Oil on panel
26x19cm
National Gallery
London
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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: | Bartolomeo Manfredi | Axel Jungstedt | Largillierre | HOBBEMA, Meyndert | Bernaert de Ryckere |
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