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Jan van Eyck

Flemish1390–1441Early Netherlandish painting

Portrait of Jan van Eyck

About

Jan van Eyck was an early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as early Netherlandish painting, and one of the supreme figures of the Early Northern Renaissance. Such was his legacy, that he has been called "the inventor of oil-painting" by Vasari, Ernst Gombrich, and others, although this claim is now considered an oversimplification.

Notable works

Christ

at Gemäldegalerie Berlin

Works in the collection

19 works

Christ

at Gemäldegalerie Berlin

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