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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:: 32304
The Soldiers of Christ
1427-30
Oil on wood, 149,2x 54 cm
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Painting ID:: 32305
The Soldiers of Christ (detail)
1427-30
Oil on wood, height of detail: 39,5 cm
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Painting ID:: 32306
Adoration of the Lamb
1425-29
Oil on wood, 137,7 x 242,3 cm
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Painting ID:: 32307
Adoration of the Lamb (detail)
1425-29
Oil on wood
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Painting ID:: 32308
The Ghent Altarpiece: Adoration of the Lamb (detail)
1425-29
Oil on wood
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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: | Alois Hans Schram | Theodor Leopold Weller | Rudolf von Alt | Giulio Rosati | George Edmund Butler |
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