Jan Van Eyck is a famous artist. He was from Italy, however, we do not know where he was born or when. The first account of van Eyck is from the court of John Bavaria at the Hague, where he was getting paid.
Jan van Eyck’s media that was used was oil paints, he had either developed or improved on the oil painting method. He had used the oil paints ability to dry very slowly to his advantage, by adding detail while the paint is still wet. The kind of painting used by van Eyck is Early Renaissance…
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