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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 70. Chapters: Jan van Eyck, Hieronymus Bosch, Hubert van Eyck, Quentin Matsys, Gerard David, Rogier van der Weyden, Michael Sittow, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Early Netherlandish painting, Hans Memling, Adriaen Isenbrandt, Dirk Bouts, Jan Mostaert, Jean Malouel, Andre Beauneveu, Barthelemy d'Eyck, Joachim Patinir, Petrus Christus, Simon Marmion, Robert Campin, Melchior Broederlam, Master of Saint Giles, Limbourg brothers, Ambrosius Benson, Henri Bellechose, Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Master of the Morrison Triptych, Colijn de Coter, Juan de Flandes, Josse Lieferinxe, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Justus van Gent, Jean Clouet, Anthonie van Montfoort, Jean Hey, Hugo van der Goes, Jacques Daret, Albert van Ouwater, Jacob van Utrecht, Dirck Barendsz, Antwerp Mannerism, Master of Affligem, Jan Provoost, Master of the Embroidered Foliage, Jan Mertens the Younger, Hendrick Van Cleve, Lucas Cornelisz de Kock, Aelbrecht Bouts, Master of the Female Half-Lengths, Master of Zweder van Culemborg, Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy, Jan van Coninxloo, Joos de Beer, Jan van Dornicke, Pieter Claeissens the Elder, Jan Crans, Jan de Beer, Jean de Looz, Lucas Adriaens. Excerpt: Jan van Eyck (or Johannes de Eyck) (Dutch pronunciation: ) (before c. 1395 - before 9 July 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century. There is a common misconception, which dates back to the sixteenth-century Vite of the Tuscan artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari, that Jan van Eyck invented oil painting. Oil painting as a technique for painting wood statues and other objects is much older, and Theophilus (Roger of Helmarshausen?) clearly gives instructions for oil-based painting in his treatise, On Divers Arts, written in 1125. It is however true that the van Eyck brothers were among the earliest Ea...
