A guide to Jan van Eyck's confident self portrait

A guide to Jan van Eyck's confident self portrait | National Gallery

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Emma Capron, Associate Curator of Renaissance Painting, explores what made Jan van Eyck such an extraordinary painter.
🖌️ Find out more about the artist Jan van Eyck:
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@elizabeth6154 2 жыл бұрын

I love these “10-minute Talks.” The production quality is professional but not overly produced. And it is always a pleasure to hear directly from your curators, educators, and members of the conservation department. More of these videos, please! ☺️

@artriot4758 2 жыл бұрын

I read somewhere, speculation that this was a sort of marketing piece for Van Eyck. It was small and portable and it he could hold it up and say, "Look, this is what I can do," as a live demonstration. It is an extraordinary piece of realism.

@rembvanrijn 2 жыл бұрын

Despite all the achievements of European painting since van Eyck’s death, this self portrait remains an absolutely staggering achievement, not least because of its utterly mesmerising quality. To stand in front of it and actually feel the artist’s piercing gaze is almost chilling. What a man-and he so clearly tells us so. Fascinating to learn of the papal confessor permit-all of a piece with van Eyck’s stature.

@that_thing_I_do 2 жыл бұрын

Love the curator's enthusiasm and energy.Compelling.

@anarchobuddhist 2 жыл бұрын

His piercing gaze captures the metaphysical essence of his being

@johnnydeleon8210 2 жыл бұрын

The detail on his self portrait is extraordinary for how small it is, youd have to be so close to see the suttle lighting from his stubble just amazing.

@ArtHistorywithAlder 2 жыл бұрын

So true. Really incredible

@favouritemoon4133 2 жыл бұрын

What a great talk by Emma. Great camera work, too. I was transfixed!

@susanhepburn6040 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Emma - I really enjoyed your talk, and your enthusiasm! I was staggered to notice that stubble!

@JORIS1234HOTMAIL 2 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest Flemish painters if not the greatest

@StavrosMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Great lecture, very informative; I learned a lot in this. Thank you Miss Emma.

@jasmin0930 2 жыл бұрын

I truly enjoyed this video. The speaker was excellent and provided wonderful information in a clear voice. I love the short format; so much detail but never boring or long winded. I look forward to seeing more of these. Thank you for posting that’s very interesting video on Van Eyck 🙏🏻

@matthew-jy5jp 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing with us 😊 love this channel and the passion all of you feel for the work you do.

@cstz 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always. I loved to know more about van Eyck, and to see the close-up details as the explanations about each bit were given. So good, too, to see Emma's genuine enthusiasm when she talked about the new discovery! Thank you!

@Divertedflight 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Emma. There does seem to be a nice contrast between his cool steely gaze and his devil may care head wear.

@lynnblack6493 2 жыл бұрын

Love this. I have seen and admired these works. Knowing more makes them even more precious!

@pencilsandlight1318 26 күн бұрын

Terrific lecture. Thank you!

@pelicanus2197 2 жыл бұрын

Great presentation by Ms. Capron. Concise but complete. Look forward to more by her.

@michaeldarby3503 2 жыл бұрын

Ive always loved the Arnolfini portrait, I think its the little dog that does it for me

@jennyruth5620 2 жыл бұрын

It's my favorite! I think it's the green that's so stunning. I even have this as my phone case!

@lairx 2 жыл бұрын

@@jennyruth5620 It is one of my alltime favourites as well, returning to it time and again. I love everything about this piece - it is totally enigmatic with lots and lots of tiny details, e.g. the shoes, the oranges, the cherries, the single candle... Also interesting is the relation between the Arnolfini painting and the self portrait of this video: there exists a portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini by van Eyck, where Arnolfini wears exactly the same red head gear as van Eyck does in his own self portrait.

@robertpawlsoky2910 13 күн бұрын

You have to wonder if the artist gave any thought to considering that people six hundred years into the future would be astonishing at his ability to capture so much in his rendering. At the time he painted yes surely, but six hundred years later. He was creating something immortal.

@ArtHistorywithAlder 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, packed with so much info about Jan van Eyck. I love this portrait and the mysteriousness of van Eyck's life. Thanks!

@crimony3054 2 жыл бұрын

The way the light interacts with the sclera is unique.

@davidrocheQuantumStrategy 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous little presentation this. I love also the concise format of 10 min talks. Thank you.

@Daniel-xg9fm 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant work Emma!!

@brylorbs69 2 жыл бұрын

Great way to start my morning. Thank you!

@CarmineGroe 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Emma. Beautiful and educational.

@mikederby9055 2 жыл бұрын

Very well stated presentation. I did not know the gallery had those paintings. Hope to visit again and see them myself. The wedding portrait has always been a marvel to me

@johnmartin4650 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent……..real art…..thank you

@cassior7460 2 жыл бұрын

Emma, great! Thankyou.

@birukhailu7113 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@ajmittendorf 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo. Wonderful! Thank you!

@altpear 2 жыл бұрын

This was really great

@williamgorden6390 2 жыл бұрын

I think I would listen to whatever Emma chose to say -- so charming.

@veyaai 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful ! Thanks..

@docmccoy95 2 жыл бұрын

That was wonderful, thanks.

@atomsmurf 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That was great, looking forward to more :)

@carolynl1424 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you - I really enjoyed this talk. You know, never noticed the stubble before!

@garysmith3173 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful.

@deewhitcha6014 2 жыл бұрын

great job! very informative and well presented!

@marthas8108 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I learned a lot.

@stickshifter8 9 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation!

@algernonwolfwhistle6351 2 жыл бұрын

Very good. Thanks for posting.

@mandalamia 2 жыл бұрын

One could argue that “as I can” means “Here is my best.”

@LariLesque 2 жыл бұрын

Such an interesting talk. I didn't know about the Vatican manuscript. I love Netherlandish Art.

@melaniemetcalfe3354 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks , now I know Van Eyck a d his paintings and a little about him.

@zapatavive8957 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative and I like that it was less than 10 minutes long.

@duncanselvester1045 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you National Gallery and Emma, another fascinating talk. Emma you are as beautiful as the painting!

@rosavella7548 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very interesting. 👍😀

@v.g.r.l.4072 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Although one knows the information, it is always amusing to be reminded of it, above all through such a nice hostess.

@michaeljohnangel6359 Жыл бұрын

An excellent presentation, as always. Thanks!! A thought: "As I can" can be interpreted two different ways. "As [only] I can" or "This is the best I can do." The former (and most probable, I suppose) fits his personality of being sure of himself; the latter fits the personality of a modest diplomat.

@dantethunderstone5766 2 жыл бұрын

Nicely presented. An interesting talk 🙂

@MrDelvoye 2 жыл бұрын

Great presentation. Love early Netherlandish art period

@kevingodding9316 2 жыл бұрын

Great video 😊

@brrrogers 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this amazing analysis. one thing I might say is the comment about light at 4:16 I think might be incorrect. Could it be that its grey hair growing intermittently? which he certainly is of the right age. Equally brilliant!

@henrycastle1 2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@piros44 2 жыл бұрын

A great follow up for this is the Amolfini episode #2 of A Stitch in Time with Amber Butchert where they reproduce the green gown.

@geoffreykeane4072 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful talk, thank you. That hat does look like he put a live chicken in a red bag and stuck it on his head. Perhaps just a passing fashion..

@romulusbuta9318 2 жыл бұрын

It's very seductive to belive that van Eyck made "his portrait" for us...for us to see

@splodge5714 2 жыл бұрын

Van Eyck's image is in the mirror of the Arnolfini portrait. Is the detail not clear enough to see a likeness?

@MegaLivingIt 2 жыл бұрын

My fave high precision painter. But why the outlandish red head gear. You say it was the fashion but it's a bit much. But a lot of his stuff was unusual and interesting.

@paulmdt1 2 жыл бұрын

What is the word at 3:46? Apparently the Italian word "sprezzatura" can have this sense ("studied carelessness"), but it sounds as if she's saying something else.

@someartist2938 2 жыл бұрын

but show me what his palette was, what colors he uses, how he mixes the colors, ow he painted, how he used his technique, how he prepared the surface before painting, how he made his sketches!!!

@myboibill 2 жыл бұрын

I am wondering what the relationship was between the king and the painter. It seems very personal.

@pamparker4047 2 жыл бұрын

Looks a little like charles dance

@jennyruth5620 2 жыл бұрын

I saw that too! How Fab to have him play the artist in a biopic?!

@user-nq8tb3ri8f 2 жыл бұрын

if you attached the text in the commentary to the video, foreigners who do not know the language could then use the translation.

@LockportDan Жыл бұрын

Wonderful, informative presentation. I find your nearly constant hand movements a bit distracting.

@colleenkochman9656 2 жыл бұрын

could he have been genetically related to his patron?

@raymondcorremans851 2 жыл бұрын

I don't buy it that this is a self-portrait; if you look at the man closely you a certain resemblance with the wife of Jan Van Eyck, namely Margret; so for me, this is a portrait of his father-in-law, a present to him from the painter because he could marry his daughter; in fact, the so-called Arnolfini is his self-portrait, but that's another story I can explain with arguments.