Leal Souvenir — Jan van Eyck

The lesser known portraits painted by the Flemish artist.

Alejandro Orradre
The Collector
Published in
4 min readApr 17, 2023

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‘Léal Souvenir’ (1432) by Jan van Eyck. Oil on oak. 34,5 x 19 cm. The National Gallery. Image source Wikimedia commons

If Jan van Eyck is known for anything, it is for his choral works, in which he created a scenography that became an icon of Flemish Gothic painting.

Works such as Madonna of Chancellor Rollin, Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, or The Arnolfini Portrait are so well known to the public that at least…

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