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Van Eyck

Van Eyck

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class="smcap">T. Martin Wood.

Others in Preparation.

PLATE I.—THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB

(By Hubert van Eyck)

The centre-piece of the Ghent Polyptych, in the Cathedral of that town. The panel was completed in or before 1426. See page 28.


VAN EYCK

BY J. CYRIL M. WEALE
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT
REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR
IN SEMPITERNUM.
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.

TO MY MOTHER

IN TOKEN OF REVERENCE AND LOVE

CONTENTS

    Page
I. The Advent of the Van Eycks 11
 
II. Hubert's Novitiate 17
 
III. The Great Polyptych 22
 
IV. In the Service of Burgundy 42
 
V. Period of Great Endeavour 58
 
VI. A Note in Conclusion 77

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate
I. The Adoration of the Lamb, c. 1426 Frontispiece
  (By Hubert van Eyck.—The Cathedral, Ghent)
    Page
II. Choir of Angels, c. 1426 14
  (By Hubert van Eyck.—Royal Gallery, Berlin)
 
III. Portrait of "Tymotheos," 1432 24
  (By John van Eyck.—National Gallery, London, No. 290)
 
IV. Portrait of the Painter's Father-in-law, 1433 34
  (By John van Eyck.—National Gallery, London, No. 222)
 
V. John Arnolfini and Joan Cenani, his Wife, 1434 40
  (By John van Eyck.—National Gallery, London, No. 186)
 
VI. The Virgin and Child, St. Donatian and St. George, and Canon G. Van der Paele, 1436 50
  (By John van Eyck.—Town Gallery, Bruges)
 
VII. Portrait of Margaret van Eyck, the Painter's Wife, 1439 60
  (By John van Eyck.—Town Gallery, Bruges)
 
VIII. The Virgin and Child, and Chancellor Rolin, date uncertain 70
  (By — van Eyck.—The Louvre, Paris)


John.     Hubert.

I
THE ADVENT OF THE VAN EYCKS

THE advent of the Van Eycks is the most important landmark in the history of painting in northern Europe. With them we open an entirely new chapter, for although the value of oil in various inferior processes of the art had been ascertained and availed of at an earlier period, it was entirely due to their long and

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