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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:: 1173
The Crucifixion 6
1425-30
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Painting ID:: 1175
The Annunciation 9
1425-30
The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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Painting ID:: 10068
The Birth of John the Baptist
Body colour on
parchment. Museo
Civico d'Arte
Antica,Turin,Italy
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Painting ID:: 10069
The Ghent Altarpiece with altar wings closed
1432. Oil on wood. St.
Bavon,Ghent,Belgium
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Painting ID:: 10070
The Ghent Altar
The Annunciation.
Gabriel. (Detail).
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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: | LIMBOURG brothers | MAITANI, Lorenzo | Antonio Puga | David de Coninck | Edwin Deakin |
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