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JAN VAN EYCK
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• JAN VAN EYCK (noun)
The noun JAN VAN EYCK has 1 sense:
1. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441)
Familiarity information: JAN VAN EYCK used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
old master (a great European painter prior to 19th century)
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