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MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR

Edited by T. Leman Hare

VAN EYCK

Hubert, 1365 (?)-1426 John, 1385 (?)-1441

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"MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR" SERIES

ARTIST. AUTHOR.

BELLINI. GEORGE HAY. BOTTICELLI. HENRY B. BINNS. BOUCHER. C. HALDANE MACFALL. BURNE-JONES. A. LYS BALDRY. CARLO DOLCI. GEORGE HAY. CHARDIN. PAUL G. KONODY. CONSTABLE. C. LEWIS HIND. COROT. SIDNEY ALLNUTT. DA VINCI. M. W. BROCKWELL. DELACROIX. PAUL G. KONODY. DÜRER. H. E. A. FURST. FRA ANGELICO. JAMES MASON. FRA FILIPPO LIPPI. PAUL G. KONODY. FRAGONARD. C. HALDANE MACFALL. FRANZ HALS. EDGCUMBE STALEY. GAINSBOROUGH. MAX ROTHSCHILD. GREUZE. ALYS EYRE MACKLIN. HOGARTH. C. LEWIS HIND. HOLBEIN. S. L. BENSUSAN. HOLMAN HUNT. MARY E. COLERIDGE. INGRES. A. J. FINBERG. LAWRENCE. S. L. BENSUSAN. LE BRUN, VIGÉE. C. HALDANE MACFALL. LEIGHTON. A. LYS BALDRY. LUINI. JAMES MASON. MANTEGNA. MRS. ARTHUR BELL. MEMLINC. W. H. J. & J. C. WEALE. MILLAIS. A. LYS BALDRY. MILLET. PERCY M. TURNER. MURILLO. S. L. BENSUSAN. PERUGINO. SELWYN BRINTON. RAEBURN. JAMES L. CAW. RAPHAEL. PAUL G. KONODY. REMBRANDT. JOSEF ISRAELS. REYNOLDS. S. L. BENSUSAN. ROMNEY. C. LEWIS HIND. ROSSETTI. LUCIEN PISSARRO. RUBENS. S. L. BENSUSAN. SARGENT. T. MARTIN WOOD. TINTORETTO. S. L. BENSUSAN. TITIAN. S. L. BENSUSAN. TURNER. C. LEWIS HIND. VAN DYCK. PERCY M. TURNER. VAN EYCK. J. CYRIL M. WEALE. VELAZQUEZ. S. L. BENSUSAN. WATTEAU. C. LEWIS HIND. WATTS. W. LOFTUS HARE. WHISTLER. T. MARTIN WOOD.

Others in Preparation.

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[Illustration: PLATE I.--THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB

(By Hubert van Eyck)

The centre-piece of the Ghent Polyptych, in the Cathedral of that town. The panel was completed in or before 1426. See page 28.]

VAN EYCK

by

J. CYRIL M. WEALE

Illustrated with Eight Reproductions in Colour

[Illustration: IN SEMPITERNUM.]

London: T. C. & E. C. Jack New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co.

TO MY MOTHER

IN TOKEN OF REVERENCE AND LOVE

CONTENTS

Page I. The Advent of the Van Eycks 11

II. Hubert's Novitiate 17

III. The Great Polyptych 22

IV. In the Service of Burgundy 42

V. Period of Great Endeavour 58

VI. A Note in Conclusion 77

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate I. The Adoration of the Lamb, c. 1426 Frontispiece (By Hubert van Eyck.--The Cathedral, Ghent)

Page II. Choir of Angels, c. 1426 14 (By Hubert van Eyck.--Royal Gallery, Berlin)

III. Portrait of "Tymotheos," 1432 24 (By John van Eyck.--National Gallery, London, No. 290)

IV. Portrait of the Painter's Father-in-law, 1433 34 (By John van Eyck.--National Gallery, London, No. 222)

V. John Arnolfini and Joan Cenani, his Wife, 1434 40 (By John van Eyck.--National Gallery, London, No. 186)