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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:: 32314 Adoration of the Lamb (detail)
1425-29
Oil on wood, height of detail: 26 CM
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Painting ID:: 32315 Adoration of the Lamb (detail)
1425-29
Oil on wood, height of detail: 26 cm
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Painting ID:: 32316 Adoration of the Lamb (detail)
1425-29
Oil on wood, height of detail: 26 cm
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Painting ID:: 32317 The Donor's Wife
1432
Oil on wood, 148,7 x 54,2 cm
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Painting ID:: 32318 The Donor's Wife (detail)
1432
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: | Gerhard von Kugelgen | NIEULANDT, Adriaen van | Johannes Jelgerhuis | leon belly | Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
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