biography
pronunciation:
[iyk]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1389–1441)
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| biography:
| Painter, born near Maastricht, The Netherlands. The greatest Flemish artist of the 15th-c, he was successively in the service of John of Bavaria, Count of Holland, and Philip ‘the Good’ of Burgundy, for whom he undertook diplomatic missions in Spain and Portugal. From 1431 he lived in Bruges. All the works which can be definitely attributed to him date from the last 10 years of his life. His most famous works include the altarpiece ‘The Adoration of the Holy Lamb’ (1432) in the Church of St Bavon at Ghent, and the highly-finished ‘Arnolfini Wedding Portrait’ (1434, National Gallery, London). |
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