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The Arnolfini Portrait, oil on oak, 1434. National Gallery, London. Jan van Eyck (/ v æ n ˈ aɪ k / van EYEK; Dutch: [ˈjɑɱ vɑn ˈɛik]; c. before 1390 – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.
1.22 m x 1.57 m Dresden Triptych: 1437 Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden: 33 cm x 27.5 cm Lucca Madonna: c. 1437 Städel Museum, Frankfurt: 65.7 cm x 49.6 cm Portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini: 1438 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin 29 cm x 20 cm Madonna in the Church: c. 1438-40 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin 31 cm x 14 cm Portrait of Margaret van ...
The panel was commissioned by Jan Vos, who, in March 1441, took office near Bruges as prior of a Carthusian Monastery, the earliest date that he could have instructed van Eyck. [1] Art historians generally agree that van Eyck is responsible for painting the central Madonna and Child, and conceiving the overall design, while the ancillary ...
Family members included: Hubert van Eyck (1380s – 1426), Jan van Eyck (c.1390 – 1441), their brother Lambert van Eyck, and sister Margareta van Eyck, Jan's wife, also Margaretha (1405/06 – aft.1441), and probably Barthélemy d'Eyck (c.1420 – aft.1470) from the next generation. Jan van Eyck, active in Bruges, is probably the best known ...
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Van Eyck's superb oil painting technique is evident throughout. Gold leaf is only used for the seven rays coming in from the left; paint is used for all the gold on Gabriel, often worked wet-on-wet to achieve the textural effects of his brocaded clothes. In a shadowy area behind the stool van Eyck worked a glaze with his fingers. [23]
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Emiel Planckaert (born 22 October 1996) is a Belgian road cyclist, who rides for Belgian amateur team Decock–Van Eyck–Van Mossel Devos–Capoen. [3] He previously rode professionally between 2017 and 2020 for the Lotto–Soudal and Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise teams, [4] before retiring from professional racing at the end of the 2020 season, planning to continue to compete as an amateur.