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Eyck

[ahyk]
–noun
Hu⋅bert van [hyoo-bert van; Du. hy-bert vahn] , Huy⋅brecht van [Du. hoi-brekht vahn] , 1366–1426, and his brother Jan van [Du. yahn vahn] (Jan van Brugge), 1385?–1440: Flemish painters.
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Eyck   (īk)   
Flemish painter who with his brother Hubert (died 1426) founded the Flemish school of painting. Jan's works, characterized by brilliant coloring and minute realistic detail, include Arnolfini and His Wife (1434). No existing works can be positively attributed to Hubert.
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