Collection: Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck (* around 1390 in Maaseik; † 1441 in Bruges) was a Flemish painter of the late Middle Ages and is considered the founder and at the same time the most famous representative of early Dutch painting. He initiated the new naturalistic art epoch north of the Alps. Because of his perfect painting technique and his sense of realistic representation, he was even called the “king among painters” by many authors.