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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:: 58754
Portrait of a Man in a Turban possibly a self-portrait
Portrait of a Man in a Turban (actually a chaperon), possibly a self-portrait, painted 1433
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Painting ID:: 58755
The Arnolfini Portrait
The Arnolfini Portrait (1434)
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Painting ID:: 58757
Annunciation, National Gallery of Art.
Annunciation, National Gallery of Art.
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Painting ID:: 58759
The Ghent Altarpiece
The Ghent Altarpiece: The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (interior view), painted 1432
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Painting ID:: 58760
Closed view, back panels
Closed view, back panels
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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: | Alexey Bogolyubov | Allan Ramsey | Ivan Aivazovski | Hoogstraten, Samuel Dircksz van | Lorenzo Ghiberti |
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