Jan van Eyck.

Jan Van Eyck was a Flemish painter born 1390 in Maaseik, Belgium and died 1441 in Bruges, Belgium. Eyck was associated with the Renaissance, Flemish School (Ars Nova) movement. Famous paintings and artwork of this artist include Arnolfini et sa femme and Vierge au chancelier Rolin. Related websites: WebMuseum, Microsoft Encarta Jan van Eyck is considered to be a founder of the Early Renaissance style in the Northern Renaissance. Until 1425 Jan van Eyck served at the court …

…other Lambert, who was also a painter, helped to settle his estate, and perhaps oversaw the closing of his workshop in Bruges. Van Eyck's principal artistic successor in Bruges was Petrus Christus. In his Portrait of a Carthusian (1446; 49.7.19), Christus not only adopted the Eyckian style, but also the motif of the parapet with illusionistic carving which curtails the portrait at the lower edge: van Eyck had used this device earlier in his portrait Leal Souvenir (1432).