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Art in Detail
The Ghent Altarpiece
Part 3
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece, wings closed
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece, wings open
The panels of the closed Ghent Altarpiece
upper, lower section
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece: The Donor
1432
Oil on wood, 149,1 x 54,1 cm
Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece: The
Donor's Wife
1432
Oil on wood, 148,7 x 54,2 cm
Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece: St John the
Baptist
1432
Oil on wood, 149,1 x 55,1 cm
Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece: St John the
Evangelist
1432
Oil on wood, 148,7 x 55,3 cm
Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece: Prophet
Zacharias, Angel of the
Annunciation
1432
Oil on wood, 164,8 x 71,7 cm
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece: Erythraean
Sibyl, Arched Window with a
View
1432
Oil on wood
Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece: Cumaean
Sibyl, Niche with Wash Basin
1432
Oil on wood
Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece: Prophet
Micheas, Mary of the
Annunciation
1432
Oil on wood, 164,8 x 73 cm
Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
Art in EYCK, Hubert and Jan van, The Ghent
Altarpiece, wings closed
images and text credit www.
Music wav.
created olga.e.
thanks for watching
oes
EYCK, Hubert and Jan van
The Ghent Altarpiece
The most famous work of Jan van Eyck is a huge Ghent Altarpiece with many scenes in the city of Ghent. It is said to
have been begun by Jan's elder brother Hubert, of whom little is known, and was completed by Jan in 1432. On the
frame a quatrain is inscribed which states that the polyptych was begun by Pictor Hubertus Eyck, and finished by his
brother Jan, at the request of Jodocus Vijd, deputy burgomaster of Ghent, warden of the church of St John, and of his
wife, Elisabeth Borluut, who commissioned it. The verse was placed there when the altarpiece was installed on 6 May
1432.
The stylistic analysis reveals that in the painting the work of two different hands can be clearly discerned. The overall
conception of the altarpiece is the work of Hubert, along with the execution of certain parts, such as the panels in the
lower tier. Here, the manner is archaic, and reflects the continuing dominance of the international style that was
practised by Broederlam. The composition is typically unoriginal: the landscape is still conceived as a distant
background, with which the figures at the front have no organic relation, an effect that is reinforced by the bird's eye
point of view.

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Art in Detail: The Ghent Altarpiece, Part 3

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  • 2. Art in Detail The Ghent Altarpiece Part 3
  • 3. EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece, wings closed EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece, wings open
  • 4. The panels of the closed Ghent Altarpiece upper, lower section
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  • 8. EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece: The Donor 1432 Oil on wood, 149,1 x 54,1 cm Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
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  • 12. EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece: The Donor's Wife 1432 Oil on wood, 148,7 x 54,2 cm Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
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  • 16. EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece: St John the Baptist 1432 Oil on wood, 149,1 x 55,1 cm Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
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  • 20. EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece: St John the Evangelist 1432 Oil on wood, 148,7 x 55,3 cm Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
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  • 24. EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece: Prophet Zacharias, Angel of the Annunciation 1432 Oil on wood, 164,8 x 71,7 cm
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  • 32. EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece: Erythraean Sibyl, Arched Window with a View 1432 Oil on wood Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
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  • 39. EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece: Cumaean Sibyl, Niche with Wash Basin 1432 Oil on wood Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
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  • 46. EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece: Prophet Micheas, Mary of the Annunciation 1432 Oil on wood, 164,8 x 73 cm Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent
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  • 56. Art in EYCK, Hubert and Jan van, The Ghent Altarpiece, wings closed images and text credit www. Music wav. created olga.e. thanks for watching oes
  • 57. EYCK, Hubert and Jan van The Ghent Altarpiece The most famous work of Jan van Eyck is a huge Ghent Altarpiece with many scenes in the city of Ghent. It is said to have been begun by Jan's elder brother Hubert, of whom little is known, and was completed by Jan in 1432. On the frame a quatrain is inscribed which states that the polyptych was begun by Pictor Hubertus Eyck, and finished by his brother Jan, at the request of Jodocus Vijd, deputy burgomaster of Ghent, warden of the church of St John, and of his wife, Elisabeth Borluut, who commissioned it. The verse was placed there when the altarpiece was installed on 6 May 1432. The stylistic analysis reveals that in the painting the work of two different hands can be clearly discerned. The overall conception of the altarpiece is the work of Hubert, along with the execution of certain parts, such as the panels in the lower tier. Here, the manner is archaic, and reflects the continuing dominance of the international style that was practised by Broederlam. The composition is typically unoriginal: the landscape is still conceived as a distant background, with which the figures at the front have no organic relation, an effect that is reinforced by the bird's eye point of view.