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van Eyck

/ væn ˈaɪk /

noun

  1. van EyckJan1441MFlemishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Jan (jɑn). died 1441, Flemish painter; founder of the Flemish school of painting. His most famous work is the altarpiece The Adoration of the Lamb, in Ghent, in which he may have been assisted by his brother Hubert (ˈhyːbərt), died ?1426
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Several of the miniatures might well be claimed as the work of Van Eyck.

Why, we should ask, did Van Eyck dry his picture in the sun, and which seems to have been the practice?

Jan van Eyck also introduced improvements in linear and aerial perspective, and in painting upon glass.

The brothers Van Eyck were, first and foremost, good workmen.

For thoroughness his portraits can be compared with those of John van Eyck.

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