Van Eyck or Van Eijk () is a Dutch

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. ''Eijck'', ''Eyck'', ''Eyk'' and ''Eijk'' are all archaic spellings of modern Dutch ("oak") and the surname literally translates as "from/of oak". However, in most cases, the family name refers to an origin in Maaseik. This city on the

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, now in Belgium on the border with the Netherlands, was originally simply known as ''Eike'' (with many spellings) and from the 13th century as Old Eyck and New Eyck. Names with an

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(

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), like ''Van der Eijk'', are more likely to refer directly to the tree.Eijk, van den /der (y)
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. This article lists people with this surname.

Renaissance family of painters

The important Flemish family of

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s with the surname van Eyck originated in Maaseik, but ultimately established their professional domicile in

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and in

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. There they changed the traditional habits of the earlier schools, remodeled the earlier forms of Flemish design, and introduced a substantial revolution into the technical methods of execution familiar to their countrymen. These painters were responsible for many famous works of the 15th century. Family members included:

Hubert van Eyck Hubert van Eyck (; – 18 September 1426) was an Early Netherlandish painter and older brother of Jan van Eyck, as well as Lambert and Margareta, also painters. The absence of any single work that he can clearly be said to have completed contin ...

(1380s – 1426),

Jan van Eyck Jan van Eyck ( ; ; – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish people, Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Nort ...

(c.1390 – 1441), their brother Lambert van Eyck, and sister Margareta van Eyck, Jan's wife, also Margaretha (1405/06 – aft.1441), and probably

Barthélemy d'Eyck Barthélemy d'Eyck, van Eyck or d' Eyck ( 1420 – after 1470), was an Early Netherlandish artist who worked in France and probably in Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy as a painter and manuscript illuminator. He was active between about 1440 to about ...

(c.1420 – aft.1470) from the next generation. Jan van Eyck, active in Bruges, is probably the best known Northern European painter of the 15th century.

Other people

Van Eyck

* Aldo van Eyck (1918–1999), Dutch architect, son of Pieter Nicolaas * Casper van Eyck (1613–1674), Flemish marine painter * Jacob van Eyck (c. 1590–1657), Dutch musician and carillon technician * Jannie van Eyck-Vos (1936–2020), Dutch track and field athlete * Marie-Paule Van Eyck (born 1951), Belgian fencer * Nangila van Eyck (born 1984), Dutch football striker * Nicolaas van Eyck (1617–1679), Flemish painter of landscapes, equestrian and battle scenes, civil processions and portraits * Peter van Eyck (1911–1969), German-American actor * Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck (1887–1954), Dutch poet and philosopher, father of Aldo and Robert Floris

Van Eijk

* Anita van Eijk (born 1969), wife of Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven * Bram van Eijk (born 1996), Dutch football defender * Collin van Eijk (born 1991), Dutch football goalkeeper * Marc van Eijk (born 1981), Suriname-born Dutch footballer * Paul van Eijk (born 1986), Cook Islands footballer * Stig van Eijk (born 1981), Norwegian singer, composer and lyricist * Wendy van Eijk (born 1973), Dutch politician * Willem van Eijk (1941–2019), Dutch serial killer * Wim van der Eijk (born 1957), Dutch vice-president of the

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