Tag: Belgium

The Goldsmith Jan de Leeuw (1436)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Goldsmith Jan de Leeuw 1436 Oil on oak, 24.6 x 19.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signature: on the original frame the inscription: IAN DE (image of a lion) OP SANT ORSELEN DACH/DAT CLAER EERST MET OGHEN SACH.…

Portrait of Margaret van Eyck (1439)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Margaret van Eyck (Portret van Margareta van Eyck) 1439 Oil on panel, 32.6 x 25.8 cm Groeningemuseum, Bruges inscription and dating (top): .CO[N]IV[N]X M[EV]S IOH[ANN]ES ME C[OM]PLEVIT AN[N]O . 1439°.17°IVNIJ age ported (bottom): ETAS MEA…

Groeningemuseum (Bruges)

Opened: 1930 Address: Dijver 12, 8000 Brugge, Belgium Website: https://www.museabrugge.be/en/visit-our-museums/our-museums-and-monuments/groeningemuseum Collection: • Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516): The Last Judgment (1500-05) • Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441): Portrait of Margaret van Eyck (1439) • Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441): The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (1436) See also: • Bruges (Belgium) | Museums

Bruges (Belgium)

Museums: • Groeningemuseum: Dijver 12, 8000 Brugge Deaths: • Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) • Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) See also: • Cities | Belgium

Portrait of a Man, Léal Souvenir (1432)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a Man (Léal Souvenir) 1432 Oil on oak, 33.3 x 18.9 cm National Gallery, London This small portrait is puzzling in many ways. We don‘t know who this man was or why he is holding…

Portrait of a Man (1433)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) 1433 Oil on oak, 26 x 19 cm National Gallery, London This man, his face impassive and his gaze intense, is almost certainly Jan van Eyck himself. No other portraits of…