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Jan van Eyck

45 works

Jan van Eyck (died 1441) was an Early Netherlandish painter who worked in Bruges, known for the Ghent Altarpiece and the Arnolfini Portrait and for the fine detail of his oil painting. Read more

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Diptych: left panel shows the Crucifixion with mourners and soldiers; right panel shows the Last Judgment with Christ enthron

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

ca. 1436-38

Virgin Mary in a red robe holding the Christ Child in a Gothic niche with gilded brocade behind her.

Virgin and Child in a Niche

ca. 1440-50

Painting of a white lamb on an altar surrounded by kneeling angels, clergy, and crowds in a green landscape with cities.

The adoration of the Lamb (after the Ghent Altarpiece)

1350

Multi-panel altarpiece with a central green landscape of worshippers around a lamb, flanked by religious figures and nude Ada

The Adoration of the Lamb

1625

Enthroned Virgin and Child with a bishop, a kneeling canon and an armored knight in a Gothic interior.

Madonna surrounded by Saint George, Saint Donatianus of Reims and the Donor Canon Van der Paele

1450

Seated woman in blue robe and jeweled crown reading a green-covered book, with gold Latin inscription arching above her.

Mary

1350

Painting of mounted knights and robed judges in a procession beside a stone pillar, with castles and rocky hills behind.

The Knights of Christ and The Just Judges

1450

Musician at an organ with angels playing harp and lute beside a nude Eve holding an apple in an arched niche.

Music-making Angels and Eve

1350

Nude bearded Adam stands beside crowned singing angels gathered around a carved organ, in a gilded frame.

Adam and Singing Angels

1565

Grisaille diptych with two grey sculpted figures in Gothic niches: a bearded man on the left and a woman holding a child on t

Grisaille Diptych

1450

Painting of an older man in a fur hat holding a carnation, wearing a silver chain with a cross and bell pendant.

Portrait of a Man with Carnation

1520

Diptych: left panel shows the Crucifixion with a crowd below; right panel shows the Last Judgment with Christ, angels and hel

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, part of a triptychon

1420

Portrait of a man in a red turban and green fur-trimmed robe, holding a small card, against a dark background.

Portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini

1438

Bust portrait of an elderly man in a red robe and white collar against a dark blue background, turned to the left.

Porträt des Kardinal Nicholaes Albergati

1435

Seated bearded figure in red jeweled robe and tiara, raising a hand in blessing, with gold rays and Latin inscriptions above.

God Almighty

1350

Painting of the crucifixion with Christ on the cross, the grieving Virgin and Saint John, and a walled city behind.

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John

1430

Painting of bearded hermits and pilgrims in robes around a tall orange column, with a barefoot figure in red and a wooded lan

Holy Hermits and Holy Pilgrims

1350

Half-length portrait of a man in a fur hat and embroidered robe with a gold collar, holding a stick against a dark background

Portrait of Baudouin de Lannoy

1435

Painting of Saint John the Baptist in blue mantle, pointing upward and holding an open book beneath a gilded inscribed arch.

Saint John the Baptist

1350

Madonna in blue mantle holds infant Christ before red brocade, with two angels, a golden fountain and a rose garden.

Madonna at the Fountain

1439

Painting of the Virgin nursing the infant Christ on a throne in a Gothic interior, wearing a red mantle.

Lucca Madonna

1437

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in a red brocade cloak greets Mary in blue beside a book and lilies in a Gothic interi

The Annunciation

1434

Half-length portrait of a woman in a red robe, green belt and white headdress against a dark background.

Portrait of Margaretha, wife of the painter Jan van Eyck

1439

Three-quarter portrait of a man in a blue chaperon and dark brown garment, hands folded at the lower edge, on black backgroun

Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon

1430

Nude bearded man with curly hair stands in an arched panel, hand on chest and dark leaves covering his groin.

Adam

1432

Painting of three women at a tomb with a seated angel, sleeping soldiers in armor, and a medieval city behind.

The three Marys at the tomb

1425

Jan van Eyck's 1436 altarpiece: enthroned Virgin and Child with a kneeling canon, a knight in armour, and a bishop in blue.

Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele

1436

Two panels show a winged angel and the Virgin Mary as grey sculpted figures in Gothic niches, with a dove above Mary.

The Annunciation Diptych

1433

Painting of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling donor and two female saints in an arcaded hall with a city view.

Virgin and Child, with Saints and Donor

1441

Drawing of an elderly man in three-quarter view with a high collar and faint smile, on grey-toned paper.

Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati

1435

Exterior panels of an altarpiece showing the Annunciation, prophets, sibyls, two Saint Johns and kneeling donors in Gothic ni

The Ghent Altarpiece

1432

Scholar in red robe reading at a lectern in a study, with a resting lion, books, an hourglass and an astrolabe.

Saint Jerome in His Study

1435

Jan van Eyck (died 1441) was an Early Netherlandish painter who worked in Bruges, known for the Ghent Altarpiece and the Arnolfini Portrait and for the fine detail of his oil painting. Browse 45 works by Jan van Eyck from 25 museums, free to download in HD.