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 (dated Oct. 30, 1421), Chatsworth, England; Seated Madonna (1432), Ince Hall, near Liverpool, England; Burghley House Madonna, Marquis of Exeter; Portraits of John Arnolfini of Lucca and his wife (1434), and two half-length male portraits (1432-33), National Gallery, London; Virgin and Donor, Louvre; Madonna with Donor, Rothschild Collection, Paris; Cardinal della Croce (1430), Canon Jan van der Leeuw (1436), Vienna Museum; Paele Madonna (1436), portrait of Jan's wife (1439), and Head of Christ (1420), Bruges Academy; Lucca Madonna, Städel Institute, Frankfort; Triptych with Christ blessing, Cassel Gallery; Head of Christ (1438), Man with the Pinks, Berlin Museum; Altarpiece, Dresden Gallery; S. Barbara (1437), and a Madonna (1439), Antwerp Museum; Annunciation, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Triumph of the Church, Madrid Museum; The Fount of Salvation? Museum of the Santa Trinidad, Madrid.—C. &. C., Flemish Painters, 30; Carton, Les trois Frères Van Eyck; Weale, Notes sur Jean van Eyck (Brussels, 1861); Schopenhauer, Johann van Eyck und seine Nachfolger (Frankfort, 1823); Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Allgem. d. Biogr., vi. 778; Förster, Denkmale, iii. 15; vi. 15; do., Gesch., ii. 64; Immerzeel, i. 226; Kramm, ii. 448; Michiels, ii. 83; v. 447; Riegel, Beiträge, i. 3; Schnaase, viii. 103; W. & W., ii. 9, 17; Zeitschr. f. b. K., viii. (Mittheilungen, i. 6).

EYCK, KASPAR VAN, born at Antwerp, baptized Feb. 6, 1613, died at Brussels in 1673. Flemish school; marine painter, pupil of Andries van Artvelt; master of the guild at Antwerp in 1633. Works: Vessels by Fortified Castle, Naval Battle between Christians and Turks, Men-of-War with Rocks in View, Madrid Museum.—Van den Branden, 1044.

EYCK, LAMBERT VAN, 15th century. Flemish school. Brother of Hubert and Jan van Eyck; existence only lately established. Only work attributed to him, an altarpiece, consisting of a centre and two wings (1445), in the Van der Schrick Collection, Louvain.—C. &. C., Flemish Painters, 133; Kramm, ii. 465.

EYCK, MARGARET VAN, born (?), died not later than 1430. Flemish school; sister of Hubert, Jan, and Lambert Van Eyck. She is said to have been a skilful painter, but none of the works assigned to her are certainly authentic. She died before Jan, and was buried, like Hubert, in the Cathedral at Ghent. A Madonna, National Gallery, London, is attributed to her. Biog. nat. de Belgique, vi. 800; C. & C., Flemish Painters, 129; Kramm, ii. 464.

EYCK, NICOLAAS VAN, born at Antwerp, baptized Feb. 9, 1617, died there in 1679. Flemish school; military, genre, and battle painter, brother of Kaspar van Eyck, pupil of Theodor Rombouts. Probably several of his works, which were greatly esteemed in the 18th century, are attributed to other masters. Works: Review of Militia by Mayor of Antwerp (1673), City Hall, Antwerp; Two Episodes in Taking of Mechlin in 1580 (about 1650), Mechlin Museum; Equestrian Portrait, Lille Museum; Halt of Soldiers in a Village, Vienna Museum; Soldiers wading through River, Turin Gallery.—Van den Branden, 1013.

EYCKEN, JEAN BAPTISTE VAN, born in Brussels, Sept. 16, 1809, died at Schaerbeck-les-Bruxelles Dec. 19, 1853. History and genre painter, pupil at the Brussels Academy of Navez; obtained the great prize in 1835, visited France and Italy in 1837-39, and soon after his return took rank with the foremost artists of his native country. His works in the chapel of Notre Dame in Brussels were the first examples of monumental decoration on a grand scale painted in Belgium. Professor at Brussels Academy in 1839, member in 1848. Gold medals: Brussels, 1839; Paris, 1840; Order of Leopold, 1847. Works: Holy Women at Christ's Tomb (1835); Young Mother with her Dead