The painter Jan van Eyck was the founder of the earliest Flemish School and he was born in Maaseik, which was a small city by the river Meuse and that was close to Maastricht.
From 1422 to 1424 he worked as painter and chamber assistant in the court of John of Bavaria at The Hague. After the death of the prince, he worked at the service of the Duke Philip the Good...
