Jan van Eyck

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Early Netherlandish painter Northern Renaissance artist painter person

Jan van Eyck was an early Netherlandish painter of the 15th century, renowned for his pioneering use of oil paint and meticulous detail in religious and secular works.

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instanceOf	Early Netherlandish painter ⓘ Northern Renaissance artist ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ
activeYears	early 15th century ⓘ
artisticCharacteristic	complex iconography ⓘ highly detailed rendering ⓘ naturalistic light and texture ⓘ
burialPlace	Bruges ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	County of Flanders ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 1390 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1441-07-09 ⓘ
employer	Philip the Good ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Flemish ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	altarpiece ⓘ portrait ⓘ religious art ⓘ
influenced	Albrecht Dürer ⓘ Northern Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Northern Renaissance art Rogier van der Weyden ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Middle Dutch ⓘ
movement	Flemish Primitives art ⓘ surface form: Early Netherlandish painting Northern Renaissance ⓘ
name	Jan van Eyck self-link ⓘ
notableFor	meticulous detail in painting ⓘ pioneering use of oil painting techniques ⓘ religious paintings ⓘ secular portraiture ⓘ
notableWork	Annunciation (Washington) ⓘ Dresden Triptych ⓘ Ghent Altarpiece ⓘ Lucca Madonna ⓘ Madonna in the Church ⓘ Madonna of Chancellor Rolin ⓘ Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) ⓘ The Arnolfini Portrait ⓘ Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele ⓘ
occupation	court painter ⓘ painter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Maaseik ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
placeOfDeath	Bruges ⓘ County of Flanders ⓘ
positionHeld	court painter to Philip the Good ⓘ
sibling	Hubert van Eyck ⓘ
signatureMotto	ALS ICH KAN ⓘ
spouse	Margareta van Eyck ⓘ
technique	glazing ⓘ layered oil technique ⓘ oil painting ⓘ
workLocation	Bruges ⓘ Lille ⓘ

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National Gallery → collectionIncludesArtist → Jan van Eyck ⓘ

Northern Renaissance → hasNotableArtist → Jan van Eyck ⓘ

Old Masters → hasNotableExample → Jan van Eyck ⓘ

Städel Museum → hasWorkBy → Jan van Eyck ⓘ

Jan van Eyck → name → Jan van Eyck self-link ⓘ