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Work of artists active in the Low Countries during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance

Early Netherlandish painting is the body of work by artists active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance period, once known as the Flemish Primitives.^[1] It flourished especially in the cities of Bruges, Ghent, Mechelen, Leuven, Tournai and Brussels, all in present-day Belgium. The period begins approximately with Robert Campin and Jan van Eyck in the 1420s and lasts at least until the death of Gerard David in 1523,^[2] although many scholars extend it to the beginning of the Dutch Revolt in 1566 or 1568–Max J. Friedländer's acclaimed surveys run through Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Early Netherlandish painting coincides with the Early and HighItalian Renaissance, but the early period (until about 1500) is seen as an independent artistic evolution, separate from the Renaissance humanism that characterised developments in Italy. Beginning in the 1490s, as increasing numbers of Netherlandish and other Northern painters traveled to Italy, Renaissance ideals and painting styles were incorporated into northern painting. As a result, Early Netherlandish painters are ofte

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“We underestimate this little hole, it seems to me, we call it the arsehole and affect to despise it. But is it not rather the true portal of our being and the celebrated mouth no more than the kitchen door?” 
– Samuel Beckett , Molloy

Man in a Red Turban, one of the titles often given to this work, is a portrait by Jan van Eyck dating from 1433. The year is painted on the gilded frame but made to look as if it were carved into it. The painter also added a date, 21 October, along with the following comment (as if the painting or the person in the portrait were speaking): “Jan van Eyck made me.¹
Until proved otherwise, this painting is considered the oldest self-portrait in Western art, even though it lacks a clear signature. Instead, the artist has included a motto in Middle Dutch at the top, written in Greek capital letters: “AΛC IXΗ XAN”, a quasi-anagram of the painter’s name.²

¹ “JOHES DE EYCK ME FECIT ANO MCCCC.33. 21. OCTOBRIS”
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² That AΛC IXΗ XAN is in fact an anagram has recently been demonstrated by Paul Claes in his brief publication. Claes also demonstrated that the Greek capital letters are necessary for the anagram to work. The Λ (lambda) has to be inverted and read as a V, just as the letter C (Greek capi

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Jan van Eyck

Flemish painter (died 1441)

In that Dutch name, the cognomen is van Eyck, gather together Eyck.

Jan forefront Eyck
Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) uninviting Jan front Eyck, 1433. National Room, London
Born	Sometime kids 1380 regulation 1390 Maaseik, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Italian Empire
Died	9 July 1441 Bruges, County of Flanders, Burgundian Netherlands
Nationality	Flemish
Education	Robert Campin (disputed)
Known for	painting
Movement	Early Netherlandish craft, Northern Renaissance
Patron(s)	John III, Duke of State, later Prince the Good

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