What is Jan van Eyck?
{{multiple image | footer = | align = right | image1 = Portrait of a Man in a Turban (Jan van Eyck).jpg | width1 = 180 | caption1 = [[Portrait of a Man in a Turban]]'', it may have been van Eyck [[self-portrait]], it was painted in 1433 | image2 = Margareta van Eyck.jpg | width2 = 180 | caption2 = ''Portrait of Margaret van Eyck'', 41.2cm x 34.6 cm; the artist wife painted by him in 1439 }} '''Jan van Eyck''' or '''Johannes de Eyck''' ({{IPA2|jɑn vɑn ɛik}}) (before c. 1395 – before 9 July 1441) was an early [[Dutch (people)|Dutch]] [[painter]] active in [[Bruges]]. He is thought to be one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century. He was interested in art since he was a child and was encouraged in this career by his older brother, Hubert. == Other websites == *[http://www.wga.hu/html/e/eyck_van/jan/index.html Web Gallery of Art] *[http://www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=9 Jan van Eyck Gallery at MuseumSyndicate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107231425/http://www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=9 |date=2009-01-07 }} {{wikiquote-en}} {{Commonscat}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Eyck, Jan van}} [[Category:1380s births]] [[Category:1441 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch painters]] [[Category:Dutch diplomats]] [[Category:Flemish painters]]