Jan Van Eyck

Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges. He is 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.

In this video in the series you’ll learn about composition, color, emotion, painting techniques, use of lines, and other artistic elements artists used to produce their greatest works of art.…

Painter: Jan van Eyck (Eyck ca. 1390--1441 Bruges) Date: inscribed by artist and dated 1436 Original location: near van der Paele's tomb in Sint Donaaskerk, Bruges Collection: Bruges: Groeningemuseum # 0.161 Medium and Size: Oil on panel 141 x 176.5 cm (almost life-sized) Literature: Borchert; Age of Van Eyck; 2002, cat. no. 22, p. 234; Ainsworth 1998, p. 163. For repeats of this carpet, and images in black /white, see her commentary on pp. 163 (JVE) ; 291 (Gerard David); 293 (Ambrosius…

Melito of Sardis, a 2nd century Father, shows how the slain Passover Lamb and many Old Testament realities, prefigure Jesus Christ & his suffering.

Artist: Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, Maaseik ca. 1390–1441 Bruges) and Workshop Assistant. Date: ca. 1440–41. Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wo...

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"The Ghent Altarpiece" or "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb" -- Center Panel Detail -- 1 of 24 compartmental scenes -- 1430-32 -- Hubert & Jan Van Eyck -- Flemish -- Polyptych -- Oil on wood -- Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.

The animal's soul-penetrating gaze was painted over by a second set of artists in 1550 and spent the next five centuries under wraps