The Road to Van Eyck

The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) is showing the paintings of Jan van Eyck, long considered the father of oil painting.

The Road to Van Eyck brings to light the artists who inspired Van Eyck to develop his revolutionary and realist style of painting, as exemplified by his masterpiece The Lamb of God from 1432. After Rotterdam the exhibition will travel to the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.

The core of the exhibition is formed by paintings on panel -canvas was not yet commonly in
use- and drawings also have a central place. In addition, miniatures, sculptures and silver objects will provide a broad picture of the art of this period. The paintings of Jan van Eyck and works by artists from his circle make up the final part of the exhibition. These include a hotly debated group of paintings that some believe to be early works by Jan van Eyck, or perhaps by his elder brother Hubert, but which others attribute to Jan's later production or that of his workshop.

Date: until January 13.
Opening hours: from Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 5pm.
Location: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Museumpark 18-20. 3015 CX. Rotterdam. The Netherlands.

See some of the works in the following slideshow: