Early Renaissance Jan Van Eyck: The Duke Of Burgundy Philip The Good

The painter is a Flemish artist of the Early Renaissance Jan van Eyck. He was official court painter The Duke of Burgundy Philip the Good between 1425 to 1441 1. At that time Van Eyck painted for lords, sovereigns, wealthy and rich social classes of Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels, the incredible wealthy Flemish towns. The abundance of those towns was, thusly, made conceivable by the flood of cash, exchange, and taste, by Italian brokers, Burgundian and Bavarian gentry, dealers, guests,merchants and adversaries of English, Jewish, Spanish, and Ottoman sources.
The picture was painted in 1433 in Bruges and it is to the extent that representation of a middle-aged man as it is a representation of his colossal red turban on the black background . Man turned his eyes directly toward
Each one wrinkle of the material, each one crease, every delicate gleam of light over the delicate weave, is painted with the heavenly accuracy,we almost can feel the texture of sagging skin, under eyes bags and his gaze look at us. This particular Flemish painting became known only in the XVII century, so it is impossible to determine who was presented on it. Historians often say that this is a self portrait of the artist . Was it him?I would like to think so. However, this is not an allegation. The painting really has distinctive features self-portrait as depicted a man sits as if looking at himself standing in front of him mirror. Thus, the portrait deliberately given the similarity with reflection. The size and position of the head is roughly equivalent to what the viewer would see in the mirror. Master painting created an image using light as almost God created man in his likeness. In support of this hypothesis, the motto on the top of the original frame says "ALV IXH XAN"2 (As I Do or As I Can) is an anagram of the name of artist in latin . Only this inscription on the frame allows us to identify the model. Moreover, intricate headdress chaperon 3 similar to the