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[[Image:Eyck Man in a Red Turban.jpg|left|140px|Probably a self-portrait]]
[[Image:Eyck Man in a Red Turban.jpg|left|140px|Probably a self-portrait]]
'''Jan van Eyck''' (ca. 1390 - 1441) was a [[Flemish]] [[painting|painter]]. Van Eyck is considered to be a founder of the Early [[Renaissance]] style in the Northern Renaissance. His works were mostly portraits and religious subjects. His masterpiece was the altarpiece in the cathedral at [[Ghent]], the Adoration of the Lamb (1432, St. Bavon, Ghent, [[Belgium]]).
'''Jan van Eyck''' (ca. Maaseik 1390 - Brujas 1441) was a [[Flemish]] [[painting|painter]]. Van Eyck is considered to be a founder of the Early [[Renaissance]] style in the Northern Renaissance. His works were mostly portraits and religious subjects. His masterpiece was the altarpiece in the cathedral at [[Ghent]], the Adoration of the Lamb (1432, St. Bavon, Ghent, [[Belgium]]).
His best portraits are ''Portrait of Cardinal Nicola Albergati'' (c.1432), ''Portrait of a Young Man'' (1432), ''Man in a Red Turban'' (1433), which is probably a self-portrait, ''Portrait of Margaret van Eyck'', Artist's Wife(?) (1439) and also one of the masterpieces of the Western world ''Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami'' (The Arnolfini Marriage) (1434). Among his other best works are ''Madonna from the Inn's Hall'' (1433), ''The Lucca Madonna'' (1436), ''The Madonna of Canon van der Paele'' (1436), ''The Virgin and Child in a Church'' (central section of a portable altar) (1437), ''The Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor'' (1441).'' <ref>[http://www.abcgallery.com/E/eyck/eyckbio.html Biography] Olga's Gallery</ref>
His best portraits are ''Portrait of Cardinal Nicola Albergati'' (c.1432), ''Portrait of a Young Man'' (1432), ''Man in a Red Turban'' (1433), which is probably a self-portrait, ''Portrait of Margaret van Eyck'', Artist's Wife(?) (1439) and also one of the masterpieces of the Western world ''Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami'' (The Arnolfini Marriage) (1434). Among his other best works are ''Madonna from the Inn's Hall'' (1433), ''The Lucca Madonna'' (1436), ''The Madonna of Canon van der Paele'' (1436), ''The Virgin and Child in a Church'' (central section of a portable altar) (1437), ''The Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor'' (1441).'' <ref>[http://www.abcgallery.com/E/eyck/eyckbio.html Biography] Olga's Gallery</ref>