Jan van Eyck

Details

Instance of

human

Born

1390

Died

9 July 1441, 9 June 1441

Part of

brothers van Eyck

Place of birth

Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Liège, Maaseik

Place of death

Bruges

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Jan

Family name

van Eyck

Spouse

Margareta van Eyck

Sibling

Hubert van Eyck, Lambert van Eyck, Margaretha van Eyck

Movement

Early Netherlandish painting, Northern Renaissance

Genre

portrait painting, religious painting, genre painting, portrait

Occupation

painter, illuminator, architect, draftsperson, architectural drafter, artist

Position held

court painter

Citizenship

Southern Netherlands

Religion

Catholic Church

artist files at

Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library

catalogue raisonné

L'opera completa di Van Eyck

depicted by

Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?), Facing Van Eyck. The Miracle of Detail

described by source

Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, Schilder-boeck, Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Early Netherlandish painting Vol. I The van Eycks—Petrus Christus, Q123423636, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work

different from

Jan van Eyk

employer

John III, Duke of Bavaria, Philip III the Good

has list

list of works by Jan van Eyck

has works in the collection

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Museo del Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, The Frick Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Groeningemuseum, St Bavo's Cathedral, National Gallery

languages spoken, written or signed

Dutch

name in native language

Jan van Eyck

notable work

Arnolfini Portrait, Dresden Triptych, Lucca Madonna, Ghent Altarpiece, Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, Saint Francis reveives the stigmata, Madonna with Canon Joris van der Paele, Saint Barbara

partner in business or sport

Hubert van Eyck

place of burial

St. Donatian's Cathedral

sponsor

Philip III the Good, John III, Duke of Bavaria

student of

Robert Campin

topic's main category

Category:Jan van Eyck

work location

Bruges, Lille, The Hague, Sluis-Aardenburg, Arraiolos, Freguesia de Cascais, Lisbon, Portalegre, Baiona, Falmouth, Plymouth, Sandwich

Connected on Wikidata

Authority files