The brothers Van EyckKonody, Paul G. (Paul George)
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The brothers Van Eyck
Konody, Paul G. (Paul George)
Eyck, Hubert van, 1366-1426; Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440
LOUVAIN, M. G. HELLEPUTTE.--Triptych of the _Virgin and Child, with
the Donor, Nicolas de Maelbeke, in Adoration_, unfinished (Jan),
1340. The shutters contain representations of Gideon standing before
an angel, the burning bush, Aaron with a blossoming rod, and other
subjects from the Old Testament.
BRITISH ISLES.
CHATSWORTH, DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.--_The Enthronement of Thomas à
Becket_ (Jan (?); see p. 64).
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INCE HALL, MR. WELD BLUNDELL.--_Virgin and Child_ (Jan): a panel of
very small dimensions and miniature-like execution, painted in 1432,
and inscribed _Als ikh kan_ (As well as I can).
LONDON, NATIONAL GALLERY.--_Jan Arnolfini and Jeanne de Chenany, his
Wife_ (Jan), 1434 (see p. 54).
Portrait of _Timothy_, "Leal Souvenir" (Jan), 1432 (see p. 58).
Portrait of a _Man with a Chaperon or Turban_ (Jan), 1433. Inscribed
on the frame: _Johes de Eyck me fecit anno_ MCCCC 33 21 _Octobris_,
and _Als ikh kan_. Formerly in the Arundel Collection.
RICHMOND, SIR FREDERICK COOK.--_The Three Marys at the Sepulchre_
(variously attributed to Hubert and Jan).
DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN, ROYAL GALLERY. _Robert Poortier, protected by St.
Antony_ (Hubert).
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FRANCE.
PARIS, LOUVRE.--_Chancellor Rolin kneeling before the Virgin and
Child_, with a river landscape seen through a loggia of three arches
(generally ascribed to Hubert, but more probably by Jan).
BARON G. DE ROTHSCHILD.--_Virgin and Child, with St. Anne, St.
Barbara, and a Carthusian Monk_, who has been identified as Herman
Steenken, of Suutdorp, Vicar of a Carthusian Nunnery near Bruges
(Hubert and Jan).
GERMANY.
BERLIN, NATIONAL GALLERY.--Six shutters from the _Adoration_
altar-piece of St. Bavo, Ghent (Hubert and Jan; see p. 48).
A replica of the _Virgin and Child, with a Carthusian Monk_, in the
collection of Baron G. de Rothschild, Paris.
_Head of Christ_ (Jan), 1439.
Portrait of a _Knight of the Golden Fleece_, probably Baudouin de
Lannoy (Jan).
The Man with the Pinks (Jan; see p. 59).
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DRESDEN GALLERY.--Triptych, _The Virgin and Child Enthroned_. On the
wings are the figures of St. Catherine and the donor, and on the back
of the shutters the Annunciation (Jan).
FRANKFORT, STAEDEL INSTITUTE.--_The Virgin and Child Enthroned_ (Jan).
LEIPZIG MUSEUM.--_Portrait of a Man_ (Jan?).
ITALY.
TURIN GALLERY.--Copy of _St. Francis receiving the Stigmata_. The
original is in the collection of Mr. J. G. Johnston, Philadelphia.
RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, HERMITAGE.--_Calvary and the Last Judgment_. Wings
of a triptych, the centre portion of which is lost (Hubert?).
_The Annunciation_ (Jan), formerly in the collection of King William
II. of Holland. Bought for the Hermitage Collection for 13,000
francs.
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SPAIN.
MADRID GALLERY.--Copy of a lost painting by Hubert and Jan van Eyck,
representing _The Triumph of the Church over the Synagogue_, also
known as _The Fountain of Life_.
UNITED STATES.
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