The Goldsmith Jan de Leeuw
Jan van Eyck, 1436
From €29Museum-quality print, also on canvas and framed.
Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- Jan van Eyck
- Date
- 1436
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- Total: 24,6 x 19,2 cm; tabla: 33 x 27,5 cm; enmarcado: 37 x 31,5 x 3,5 cm
- Collection
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Picture Gallery)
- Print up to
- 30 × 40 cm
- Reference
- XDV-2410
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Look at the frame before the face - that's where the real trick lives. Van Eyck doesn't spell out the sitter's surname, Leeuw, Dutch for 'lion', in plain letters. He drops a tiny gold lion right into the inscription instead. The frame, painted to mimic bronze, speaks in the first person: it tells you when this Bruges goldsmith was born, when the portrait was finished, as if the painting were reciting its own file. Meanwhile his hand holds a barely-there gold ring. All the noise sits at the edge; the center stays quiet. Strange that the most loaded object here is also the smallest.
