Тема: Eyck, Jan van: altarpiece in Ghent

There has been much debate over the parts the two van Eyck brothers, Jan and Hubert, played in the creation of the Ghent Altarpiece: whether Jan , about whom we have the most information, was mostly responsible, or whether it was Hubert, about whom...

Van Eyck 's Latin signature, in the Gothic calligraphy used for legal documents, reads: `` Jan van Eyck was present'', and has been interpreted by some as an indication that the artist himself served as a witness.

Ван Эйк ( Eyck , van ), фамилия двух знаменитых фламандских живописцев конца 14 - начала 15 в., братьев Губерта (Hubert van Eyck , ок. 1370?-1426) и Яна ( Jan van Eyck , ок.

Concurrently, in the Netherlands, a particularly vibrant artistic culture developed, the work of Hugo van der Goes and Jan van Eyck having particular influence on the development of painting in Italy, both technically with the introduction of oil...

North of the Alps, paintings reached a pinnacle in precise realism with the Flemish school of Jan Van Eyck (c. 1385-1440). The natural world was reproduced in these works with meticulous...