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Jan van Eyck: The Ghent Altarpiece (wings closed)  wikidata:Q27043840 reasonator:Q27043840
Artist
Jan van Eyck  (circa 1390
date QS:P,+1390–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1441)  wikidata:Q102272 q:en:Jan van Eyck
 
Jan van Eyck
Alternative names
Jan van Eyck, Johannes van Eyck
Description Flemish painter, drawer and manuscript illuminator
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata before 9 June 1441
date QS:P,+1441-06-09T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1441-06-09T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Maaseik mk=Масејк Bruges
Work location
The Hague (1422), Bruges (1425), Lille (1425–1428), Bruges (1431–1441)
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artist QS:P170,Q102272
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Title
The Ghent Altarpiece Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Les,"Políptico de Gante (El Políptico de la Adoración del Cordero Místico)"
label QS:Lfr,"Agneau Mystique"
label QS:Lnl,"Lam Godsretabel"
label QS:Len,"Mystic Lamb"
label QS:Lde,"Der Genter Altar (Anbetung des Lammes)"
Part of Ghent Altarpiece Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
detail: John the Evangelist
Date 1432
date QS:P571,+1432-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q287,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 350 cm (11.4 ft) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 223 cm (87.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+350U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+223U174728
institution QS:P195,Q938154
Object history commissioned by Joducus and Isabelle Vyd
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Notes
Deutsch: urspr. für die Johannes dem Täufer gewidmete Seitenkapelle in St.-Bavo in Gent, Wandelaltar
References Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
Source/Photographer Jan van Eyck
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