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Jan van Eyck

Also known as J. Van Eck, John of Brughes, Jean Eyck, John of Bruges, Jean Van Eyck, Jean Van Eck, Van Eycke, Johnab. Eyck

Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)

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Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter who lived in the early 15th century and is renowned for pioneering highly detailed, realistic oil painting techniques that had a profound influence on European art. His meticulous approach to depicting light, texture, and fine details helped establish the foundation for Northern Renaissance painting and made him one of the most celebrated artists of his era.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1390
Died: 1440
Works: 17

Top works

Relação da embaixada flamenga, 1428-1430
Jan van Eyck the adoration of the mystic lamb
Hommage International aux Frères Hubert et Jean van Eyck
Hubert e Jan van Eyck
Notice sur le chef d'oeuvre des Frères Van Eyck

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1390
Active to: 1441

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Listeners: 20
Total plays: 36

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Quotes

“AlC IXH XAN (Als Ich Kan)”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Jan
Gender: male
Citizenship: Southern Netherlands
Place of birth: Maaseik
Place of death: Bruges
Occupation: architectural draftsperson
Position held: court painter
Employer: Philip III the Good
Languages spoken: Dutch
Religion: Catholic Church
Notable work: Saint Barbara
Student of: Robert Campin
Genre: portrait
Movement: Northern Renaissance
Image: Van Eyck brothers statue in Ghent.jpg
Work location: Shoreham

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Commons category: Jan van Eyck
topic's main category: Category:Jan van Eyck
date of birth: 1390-01-01
Commons Creator page: Jan van Eyck
Commons gallery: Jan van Eyck
place of burial: St. Donatian's Cathedral
name in native language: Jan van Eyck
date of death: 1441-06-09
sponsor: John III, Duke of Bavaria
has works in the collection: Musée Ingres Bourdelle
described at URL: www.kikirpa.be/nl/projecten/verona-van-eyck-research-in-open-access
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
partner in business or sport: Hubert van Eyck
P8168: Webster County

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Jan van Eyck, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Kľananie troch kráľov

Blessing Christ

Portrait of Margarete van Eyck

The Stigmatisation of Saint Francis

Crucifixion

Christ on the Cross

Hans IV, Count of Brabant

Portrait of the Baudouin de Lannoy

Saint Barbara

Madonna of Chancellor Rolin

Annunciation to Mary

Fountain of mercy & triumph of Ecclesia

The Man with the Carnations

Madonna of Chancellor Rolin

Madonna with canon Georg van der Paele

Arnolfini double image/Arnolfini Wedding/Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his wife

Mary with child and angel

Madonna in the Church

Madonna with child at the fountain

Cardinal Niccolo Albergati

Portrait of a Man (“LEAL SOUVENIR”)

Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini

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Encyclopedic overview

The Arnolfini Portrait, oil on oak, 1434. National Gallery, London

Jan van Eyck (/væn ˈaɪk/ van EYEK; Dutch: [ˈjɑɱ vɑn ˈɛik]; c. before 1390 – 9 July 1441) was an early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the supreme figures of the Early Northern Renaissance. Such was his legacy, that he has been called "the inventor of oil-painting" by Vasari, Ernst Gombrich, and others, although this claim is now considered an oversimplification.

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