van Eyck

British

/ væn ˈaɪk /

noun

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

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Pat Adams is something like the Jan van Eyck of postwar American abstraction.

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Dylan van Eyck had 10 points, five assists and three blocks.

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Dylan van Eyck had 13 points and eight rebounds.

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Dylan van Eyck added 11 points and six assists.

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