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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.
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Painting ID:: 32299
Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (detail)
1434
Oil on oak
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Painting ID:: 32300
The Ghent Altarpiece (wings open)
1432
Oil on wood, 350 x 461 cm
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Painting ID:: 32301
The Donor
1432
Oil on wood, 149,1 x 54,1 cm
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Painting ID:: 32302
The Ghent Altarpiece: The Donor (detail)
1432
Oil on wood
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Painting ID:: 32303
The Just Judges
1427-30
Oil on wood, 145 x 51 cm
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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: | BLEKER, Gerrit Claesz | Pasquale Ottino | Charles Wild | Carl Ebert | Willem Claesz Heda |
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