List of works by Jan van Eyck
This is a list of works by the Early Netherlandish artist Jan van Eyck. He was not a prolific artist; only twenty paintings attributed to him, although a great many others are believed destroyed or lost.
Van Eyck was the first major European artist to utilize oil painting. Though the use of oil paint preceded Van Eyck by many centuries, his virtuosic handling and manipulation of oil paint, use of glazes, wet-on-wet and other techniques was such that Giorgio Vasari started the myth that Van Eyck had invented oil painting[1]
About twenty surviving paintings are confidently attributed to him, as well as the Ghent Altarpiece (co-attributed to his brother Hubert) and some of the illuminated miniatures of the Turin-Milan Hours. All works are dated between 1432 and 1439. Ten are dated and signed with a variation of his motto ALS ICH KAN (As I (Eyck) can), a pun on his name, which he typically painted in Greek characters.
Paintings
Image | Title | Date | Current location | Dimensions |
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Ghent Altarpiece | c. 1420-32 | St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent | 3.4 m x 5.2 m, open view 3.4 m x 2.23 m, closed view | |
Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon | c. 1430 | Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu | 22.5 cm x 16.6 cm | |
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata | c. 1430-32 | Sabauda Gallery, Turin | 29.3 cm x 33.4 cm | |
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata | 1430-32 | Philadelphia Museum of Art[2] | 12.7 cm x 14.6 cm | |
Crucifixion and Last Judgement | c. 1430-40 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City | 56.5 cm x 19.5 cm each | |
Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati | c. 1431 | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna | 34 cm x 29.5 cm | |
Léal Souvenir | 1432 | National Gallery, London | 33.3 cm x 18.9 cm | |
Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) | 1433 | National Gallery, London | 25.5 cm x 19 cm | |
Arnolfini Portrait | 1434 | National Gallery, London | 82 cm x 59.5 cm | |
Annunciation | 1434-36 | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 90.2 cm x 34.1 cm | |
Annunciation | 1434-36 | Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid | 39 cm x 24 cm | |
Portrait of Baudouin de Lannoy | 1435 | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin | 26 cm x 20 cm | |
Madonna of Chancellor Rolin | 1435 | Louvre, Paris | 66 cm x 62 cm | |
Portrait of Jan de Leeuw | 1436 | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna | 24.5 cm x 19 cm | |
Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele | 1436 | Groeningemuseum, Bruges | 1.22 m x 1.57 m | |
Dresden Triptych | 1437 | Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden | 33 cm x 27.5 cm | |
Lucca Madonna | c. 1437 | Städel Museum, Frankfurt | 65.7 cm x 49.6 cm | |
Portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini | 1438 | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin | 29 cm x 20 cm | |
Madonna in the Church | c. 1438-40 | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin | 31 cm x 14 cm | |
Portrait of Margaret van Eyck | 1439 | Groeningemuseum, Bruges | 41.2 cm x 34.6 cm | |
Madonna at the Fountain | 1439 | Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp | 19 cm x 12 cm | |
Madonna of Jan Vos | 1441-43 | Frick Collection, New York City | 47.3 cm x 61.3 cm |
Illuminated Manuscripts
Image | Title | Date | Current location | Notes |
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Turin-Milan Hours | c. 1420 | Turin City Museum of Ancient Art | The miniatures done by Hand "G", of which three survive are generally believed to be by either Jan van Eyck or his brother Hubert |
Drawings
Image | Title | Date | Current location | Dimensions |
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Study for Cardinal Niccolò Albergati | c. 1432 | Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden | 21.4 cm x 18 cm | |
Saint Barbara | 1437 | Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp | 34 cm x 18.5 cm | |
Crucifixion | c. 1440 | Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam | 25.4 cm x 18.7 cm[3] |
Lost works
Image | Title | Date | Notes |
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Portrait of Isabella of Portugal | c.1428-29 | Known only from copies | |
Saint Christopher | Unknown | Known through two copies: a painting held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a drawing held by the Louvre | |
Woman Bathing | c. 1434 | Known through two copies: one at Antwerp and one in the Harvard Art Museums | |
Vera Icon | before 1438 | Known from three contemporary workshop copies | |
Madonna of Nicolas van Maelbeke | after 1440 | Known from an 18th century replica and several contemporary silverpoint drawings |
Contested
Image | Title | Date | Current location | Dimensions | Notes |
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The Three Marys at the Tomb | c. 1410-26 | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam | 71.5 cm x 90 cm | Now usually attributed to Hubert van Eyck | |
The Fountain of Life | c. 1432 | Museo del Prado, Madrid | 181 cm c 119 cm | Usually attributed to the workshop of Van Eyck | |
Portrait of a Man with Carnation | c. 1436 | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin | 40 cm x 31 cm | Attributed to Van Eyck or a member of his workshop |
Workshop
Image | Title | Current location | Dimensions |
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Crucifixion (after van Eyck?) | Ca' d'Oro, Venice | 46 cm x 31 cm | |
Ince Hall Madonna (Virgin and Child Reading) | National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne | 26.5 x 19.5 | |
Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin | 43 cm x 26 cm | |
Saint Jerome in his Study | Detroit Institute of Arts | 20.6 x 13.3 |
References
- ^ Borchert (2008), 92–94
- ^ Atkins, Christopher D. M. "Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata by Jan van Eyck (cat. 314)". The John G. Johnson Collection: A History and Selected Works. A Philadelphia Museum of Art free digital publication.
- ^ "The Crucifixion ca. 1440 Jan van Eyck". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
Sources
- Borchert, Till-Holger. Van Eyck. London: Taschen, 2008. ISBN 3-8228-5687-8
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- Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon c. 1430
- Léal Souvenir (1432)
- Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati (1432)
- Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) (1433)
- Arnolfini Portrait (1434)
- Portrait of Baudouin de Lannoy c. 1435
- Portrait of Jan de Leeuw (1436)
- Portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini c. 1438
- Portrait of Margaret van Eyck (1439)
works
- Annunciation (Madrid) c. 1432–1434
- Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata c. 1432–1440
- Annunciation (Washington) c. 1434–1436
- Madonna of Chancellor Rolin (1435)
- Lucca Madonna (1436)
- Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele (1436)
- Madonna in the Church c. 1438–1440
- Madonna at the Fountain (1439)
- Madonna of Jan Vos (1441–1443)
- Ghent Altarpiece (with Hubert van Eyck, completed 1432)
- Crucifixion and Last Judgement Diptych c. 1430–1440
- Dresden Triptych c. 1437
manuscripts
- Turin–Milan Hours ("Hand G", c. 1420)
- Saint Barbara (1437)
- Study for Cardinal Niccolò Albergati c. 1432
- Study for a Crucifixion c. 1440
- Portrait of Isabella of Portugal c. 1428–29
- Saint Christopher c. 1460
- Woman Bathing c. 1434
- Vera Icon (Head of Christ) (before 1438)
- Madonna of Nicolas van Maelbeke (after 1440)
- The Three Marys at the Tomb c. 1420s
- The Fountain of Life c. 1432
- Portrait of a Man with Carnation (1435)
- Crucifixion c. 1430–1432
- Ince Hall Madonna (after 1434)
- Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John c. 1435
- Saint Jerome in His Study (1442)
- Hubert van Eyck (brother)