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Jan van Eyck

Type Figure Region Flanders Time c. 1390–1441 Also known as Jan van Eyck、Jan van Eijck

Jan van Eyck (c. 1390–1441), an early Netherlandish Renaissance painter famed for oil technique and realistic detail, active in Flanders in the 1420s…

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  1. 1421–1430Bruges · FlandersIn the 1420s Jan van Eyck took religious and portrait commissions across Flanders; after about 1425 he became court painter to the Duke of Burgundy, working in Bruges and traveling on diplomatic and artistic missions, perfecting multilayered oil glazing and laying the foundation for the Northern Renaissance.

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