In this Dutch name, the surname is van Eyck, not Eyck.
Jan van Eyck
Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) by Jan van Eyck, 1433. National Gallery, London
Born
Sometime around 1380 or 1390
Maaseik, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire
Died
9 July 1441
Bruges, County of Flanders, Burgundian Netherlands
Nationality
Flemish
Education
Robert Campin (disputed)
Known for
painting
Movement
Early Netherlandish painting, Northern Renaissance
Patron(s)
John III, Duke of Bavaria, later Philip the Good
Jan van Eyck (van EYEK; Dutch:[ˈjɑɱvɑnˈɛik]; c. before 1390 – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. According to Vasari and other art historians including Ernst Gombrich, he invented
Van eyck geel.