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.
Above the concave mirror on the back wall in Arnolfini Portrait, van Eyck has inscribed, Johannes de eyck fuit hic 1934, which translates as Jan van Eyck was here, 1434. Typically, though, a painting in 15th century Flanders would have been signed, Jan van Eyck made this. Nonetheless, art historians agree on the authorship of this painting.