JAN VAN EYCK AND PORTUGAL 'S ILLUSTRIOUS GENERATION VOL 2/ PLATES

This manuscript investigates Van Eyck's patronage by the Crown of Portugal and his role as diplomat-painter of the Duchy of Burgundy following his first voyage to Lisbon in 1428-1429 when he painted two portraits of Infanta Isabella, who became the third wife of P hilip the Good in 1430. New portrait identifications are provided in the Ghent Altarpiece (1432) and its iconographical prototype, t he lost Fountain of Life.