Jan van Eyck and Portugal's "Illustrious Generation": Volume I

Professor of Art History Barbara von Barghahn explores Jan van Eyck's patronage by the Crown of Portugal and his role as a diplomat-painter for the Duchy of Burgundy following his first voyage to Lisbon in 1428-1429. Von Barghahn provides analysis of new portrait identifications with regard to King Joao I's conquest of Ceuta, achieved by his sons who were hailed as an "illustrious generation." A second "secret mission" to Portugal in 1437 by Jan van Eyck is also explored by von Barghahn.