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          A pivotal figure in Netherlandish art, Van Eyck is renowned for his virtuosic handling of oil paint and his skill in pictorial illusionism....

          There has been considerable debate about the perspectival/optical bases of the naturalism pioneered by Robert Campin and Jan van Eyck.

        1. There has been considerable debate about the perspectival/optical bases of the naturalism pioneered by Robert Campin and Jan van Eyck.
        2. The famed Ghent Altarpiece has long been attributed to two artists: Dutch master Jan van Eyck and his lesser-known older brother Hubert.
        3. A pivotal figure in Netherlandish art, Van Eyck is renowned for his virtuosic handling of oil paint and his skill in pictorial illusionism.
        4. His birth name was Goetz, and he was born to Emil and Else (Petzke) Eick on July 16, , in Steinwehr, Germany.
        5. Jan van Eyck's Life.

          6. Jan van Eyck

          Flemish painter (died 1441)

          In this Dutch name, the surname is van Eyck, not Eyck.

          Jan van Eyck

          Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) by Jan van Eyck, 1433.

          National Gallery, London

          BornSometime around 1380 or 1390

          Maaseik, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire

          Died9 July 1441

          Bruges, County of Flanders, Burgundian Netherlands

          NationalityFlemish
          EducationRobert Campin (disputed)
          Known forpainting
          MovementEarly Netherlandish painting, Northern Renaissance
          Patron(s)John III, Duke of Bavaria, later Philip the Good

          Jan van Eyck (van EYEK; Dutch:[ˈjɑɱvɑnˈɛik]; c. before 1390 – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.

          According to Vasari and other art historians including Ernst Gombrich, he invented