As many requirements a medieval court painter had to meet - in addition to making portraits, these included designing items of clothing or painting signs - there was often little room for creative artistic development according to his own ideas. Portraits of rulers always had to be advantageous, and wall paintings dealt with a narrowly defined subject area, especially religious motifs. Jan van Eyck, who worked at the court of Philip III of Burgundy from 1425, was also faced with these limitations.
Van Eyck, however, used his position at court to further develop his art and he became one of the most important representatives of Old Dutch painting. He knew how to lend his works a naturalistic, lively atmosphere, which ensured that the illustrations were more realistic than was previously known from art. To achieve this, van Eyck experimented a lot with colours and techniques. It was he who made oil painting popular. The more intense colours of his works also contributed to the fact that the viewer was able to get a closer look at the work of art and that he was sometimes called the "king of painters" by contemporaries. Van Eyck's most famous work is the winged altar in St. Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, which was completed in 1435.
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.jpg "Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of a man with a blue chaperon (Man with Ring) by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Three Marys at the Tomb by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "‘The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb’, The Ghent Altarpiece, 1432, c. 1900-1920. by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Jan de Leeuw by Jan van Eyck")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1583489).jpg "Saint Barbara, c.1427 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Ghent Altarpiece. Adoration of the Mystic Lamb: The Archangel Gabriel, 1432 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child at the Fountain by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Ghent Altarpiece. Adoration of the Mystic Lamb: Music-making Angels, 1432. by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Man Crossing Log Bridge over Torrent by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Arnolfini Marriage, detail of mirror, 1434 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man, Self Portrait, 1433 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, c1435, 1938 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Three Marys at Christ")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, diptych by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Detail from the Virgin and Child with Saints Donatian and George and Canon Joris van der Paele, c.1436 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child, with Saints and Donor by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati by Jan van Eyck")
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_Um_1429_-_(MeisterDrucke-804800).jpg "Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon (Man with the Ring). Around 1429 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Annunciation Diptych, Left Panel, 1434-1435 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Man with Pinks by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Fountain of Life by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Ghent Altarpiece. Adoration of the Mystic Lamb: Cain Kills Abel by Jan van Eyck")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660597).jpg "Enthronement of Saint Mary by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Annunciation by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marco Barbarigo, c.1449-50 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Margareta van Eyck by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man Léal Souvenir by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Calvary by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Ghent Altarpiece. Adoration of the Mystic Lamb: John the Baptist (1432) by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Margaret van Eyck, Wife of the Artist by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Baudouin de Lannoy by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Fountain of Grace and the Triumph of Ecclesia over the Synagogue, 1430 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Madonna in the Church by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Madonna Adored by the Canonicus Van der Paele by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Ghent Altarpiece. Adoration of the Mystic Lamb: Erythraean Sibyl by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child with Canon Joris van der Paele (detail) by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "A Triptych with Christ as Salvator Mundi by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Way to Calvary by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Ghent Altarpiece. Adoration of the Mystic Lamb: Singing Angels by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Jews")
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.jpg "Triptych of Mary and Child, St. Michael, and St. Catherine by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Chancellor Rolin Praying Before the Virgin by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Jan De Leeuw by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Léal Souvenir Loyal Remembrance (1432) by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Ghent Altarpiece. Adoration of the Mystic Lamb: The Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, 1432 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Cardinal Albergati by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "A Young Man holding a Ring, c. 1450 by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child with a Book by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Stigmata of St Francis by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Fountain of Grace (detail) by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Madonna of Chancellor Rolin by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Ghent Altarpiece. Adoration of the Mystic Lamb: Virgin Annunciate, 1432 by Jan van Eyck")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660596).jpg "Court society in front of a Burgundian castle by Jan van Eyck")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-908597).jpg "Portrait of a Man with Carnation and the Order of Saint Anthony by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child with St. Michael and St. Catherine and a Donor by Jan van Eyck")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-908567).jpg "The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Left Panel of Diptych by Jan van Eyck")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1586985).jpg "Jan de Leeuw, goldsmith by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Crucifixion of Jesus; Day of Judgment by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "Portrait of Margareta van Eyck by Jan van Eyck")
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.jpg "The Annunciation by Jan van Eyck")
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