JAN VAN EYCK

THIS IS ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS.

FACTS

• It is actually unknown when we was really born.
• Always had new ideas for paintings.
• He was thought to invent the pastel.
• He didn't invent the pastel but he did make it famous.
• He painted religious and non religious paintings.

FACTS CONTINUED...

• He was named the leading painter of his day.
• Because of his paintings he is an example of humanism.
• Buried at the church of St. Donatian.
• Serviced for Duke Philip.

THE CLOSEST TO HIS BIRTHPLACE IS MAASEIK, BELGIUM.

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CITATIONS

• http://www.jan-van-eyck.org/biography.html