Jan van Eyck Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Jan van Eyck at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Saint Jerome in His Study, ca.1435
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Christ Blessing, 1440
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Jan van Eyck at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Flash presentation: A closer look at The Virgin and Child with Chancellor Rolin
Jan van Eyck at the Louvre Museum, Paris
The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin, ca.1435
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French)
Jan van Eyck at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment, ca.1430
National Gallery, London, UK
Jan van Eyck at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
The Annunciation, ca.1434/36
Jan van Eyck at the Prado Museum, Madrid
The Fountain of Grace and the Triumph of the Church over the Synagogue, 1430
Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Lucca-Madonna
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Frick Collection, New York City
Virgin and Child, with Saints and Donor, 1440s
Galleria G. Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro, Venice (in Italian)
Crocifissione
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Le Musée Ingres, Montauban, France (in French)
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Three Marys at the Tomb
National Brukenthal Museum, Romania
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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2 works by Jan van Eyck online
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
Portrait of Niccolo Albergati
State Museums of Berlin
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
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National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Flemish Art Collection, Belgium
St Barbara of Nicodemia, 1437 (underdrawing for a painting)
Flemish Art Collection, Belgium
Virgin and Child with Canon Joris van der Paele, 1436
Flemish Art Collection Database, Belgium (in Dutch)
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Jan van Eyck in the Art Renewal Center
Jan van Eyck in the Artchive
CGFA
Google Art Project NEW!
The Madonna in the Church (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
Google Art Project NEW!
The Annuciation Diptych (Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza, Madrid)
Rasiel's Wallpapers
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Madonna with Child
Web Gallery of Art 
WebMuseum 
Wikimedia Commons Image Database
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
Aiwaz Panopticon
Artliste
Image archive with zoomable images
Artpx
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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California State University WorldImages Database
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)
Humanities Web
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Olga's Gallery
USC Annenberg School for Communication
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation
The Modernist Journals Project
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Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Jan van Eyck 
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Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info
International Herald Tribune (now part of the New York Times organization)
"An Old Master and New Minimalism," article by Souren Melikian
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
The Guardian Newspaper, UK
Essay on The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
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Van Eyck
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Jan van Eyck: The Play of Realism
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