LJan van Eyck's Portrait of His Wife Margaret from the Bruges Groeninge museum will hang next to Van Eyck's newly conserved possible Self-Portrait and the National Gallery's own Arnolfini Double Portrait will be joined by a probable single Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini from Berlin.

The Study Day will explain the groundbreaking beginnings of portraiture by Flemish painters of whom Jan van Eyck was the defining and innovative artist of this new subject.  The nine portraits will then be put into context of his life and career both as a painter and a diplomat on behalf of the Burgundian Court of which he was a part. The portrait as a subject became a key contribution by Flemish painters of the Northern Renaissance who followed him and were so influenced by him. 

Lecture 1:  The Beginnings of Portraiture in Northern Europe from Sluter and the Limbourg Brothers to Robert Campin

Lecture 2:  Jan van Eyck's Portraits and the National Gallery Exhibition

Lecture 3:  The Impact and Influence of Jan van Eyck's Portraiture upon his Northern European Contemporaries and Successors. 

Lecturer

Clare Forde-Wille

Honours degree in History of Art, Birkbeck College, University of London. Regular commitments include Centre for Lifelong Learning, London University, National Gallery, V&A Museum, WEA, Morley College, the City Literary Institute, the Art Fund and National Trust. Study tours abroad.