Define circumvallate. circumvallate synonyms, circumvallate pronunciation, circumvallate translation, English dictionary definition of circumvallate. tr.v. cirÂ·cumÂ·valÂ·latÂ·ed , cirÂ·cumÂ·valÂ·latÂ·ing , cirÂ·cumÂ·valÂ·lates To surround with or as if with a rampart. adj. 1. Surrounded with or as if with a...
Jan van Eyck (Dutch: [ËjÉn fÉn ËÉik]) (before c. 1390 â 9 July 1441) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges and one of the most significant Northern Renaissance artists of the 15th century. Little is known of his early life.
In 1934, Erwin Panofsky published an article in the Burlington Magazine entitled âJan van Eyckâs Arnolfini Portrait.â He interprets the painting as âa man and a woman represented in the act of contracting matrimony, and identifies the two people in the portrait as Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife, Jeanne de Cename.