Monument to the Flemish painters Jan van Eyck (1390 - 9 July 1441) and Hubert van Eyck (c. 1385-90 - 18 September 1426) in Ghent, Belgium
Jan van Eyck (c. 1390 - 9 July 1441) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges. He is often considered one of the founders of Early Netherlandish painting, and, one of the most significant representatives of Northern Renaissance art. The few surviving records of his early life indicate that he was born c. 1380–1390, most likely in Maaseik. He took employment in the Hague as painter and Valet de chambre with John III the Pitiless, ruler of Holland and Hainaut in the Hague around 1422, when he was already a master painter with workshop assistants. After John's death in 1425 van Eyck was employed in Lille as court painter to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, until 1429 before moving to Bruges, where he lived until his death. He was highly regarded by Philip, and undertook a number of diplomatic visits abroad, including to Lisbon in 1428 to explore the possibility of a marriage contract between the duke and Isabella of Portugal. Hubert van Eyck (also Huybrecht van Eyck) (c. 1385–90 - 18 September 1426) was an Early Netherlandish painter and older brother of Jan van Eyck, as well as Lambert and Margareta, also painters. The absence of any single work that he can clearly be said to have completed continues to make assessment of his achievement highly uncertain, although for centuries he had the reputation of being an outstanding founding artist of Early Netherlandish painting.
Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Monument to the Van Eyck Brothers, Geraard de Duivelstraat 3, Gent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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