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Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck. VanWhooo ????. No one ever knew when Jan was born. They think it must have been around the 1390's. Jan died in 1441 and was buried on July 9 Dutch born in the Province of Limberg , Netherlands

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Jan van Eyck

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  1. Jan van Eyck

  2. VanWhooo???? • No one ever knew when Jan was born. They think it must have been around the 1390's. Jan died in 1441 and was buried on July 9 • Dutch • born in the Province of Limberg, Netherlands • brother named Hubert Van Eyck, who was also an artist. The brothers often worked together; • sometimes Hubert would start a painting and Jan would finish it. • Jan worked for Phillip the Good and the Duke of Borgonga.

  3. impact • Developed their own distinct style known as the Felmish school • Jan Van Eyck was one of the first painters to use one layer of tempera and then a layer of oil. • 1st to perfect oil painting in the 1400s • fused on everyday with the religious through the use of symbolism in their paintings

  4. His Artwork…. • His most famous is Giovanni • Arnolfini and his Bride, painted in 1434. • believed to be a portrait of the Italian merchant Giovanni Arnolfiniand his wife in their home • signed and dated by Van Eyck in 1434

  5. Other work… • A Man in a Turban • The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin • The Last Judgment 1425-30   • The Crucifixion 1425-30  

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