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Van der Paele Madonna, Jan van Eyck's greatest work since the Gent Polyptych

Van der Paele Madonna, Jan van Eyck's greatest work since the Gent Polyptych

by Till-Holger Borchert , written on 21/04/2020
Categories: Works and artists
Tags: Bruges - Flanders - Jan van Eyck - Four hundred - Ancient art - Renaissance
The Madonna of Joris van der Paele is the greatest work by Jan van Eyck (Maaseik, c. 1390 Bruges, 1441) since the Polyptych of the Mystic Lamb. The work was made between 1434 and 1436 at the behest of Joris van der Paele (c. 1370-c. 1443), canon...
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The works and places of Jan van Eyck in Bruges, in the heart of Flanders.

The works and places of Jan van Eyck in Bruges, in the heart of Flanders.

by Federico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta , written on 16/03/2020
Categories: Works and artists - Quaderni di viaggio
Tags: Bruges - Flanders - Jan van Eyck - Four hundred - Ancient art - Renaissance
In the early 1430s the Flemish painter Jan van Eyck (Maaseik, c. 1390 - Bruges, 1441), after spending a year in Lille, moved to Bruges, in West Flanders, in the service of the Dukes of Burgundy. The city, which since the Middle Ages had presented it...
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