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'''Van Eyck''' or '''Van Eijk''' ({{IPA|nl|vɑn ˈɛik|pron}}) is a [[Dutch language|Dutch]] [[toponymic surname]]. ''Eijck'', ''Eyck'', ''Eyk'' and ''Eijk'' are all archaic spellings of modern Dutch {{lang|nl|eik}} ("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 [[Meuse]], now in Belgium on the border with the Netherlands, was originally simply known as ''Eike'' (with many spellings) and from the 13th century as [[Aldeneik|Old Eyck]] and [[Maaseik|New Eyck]].<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=van%20eijck&gba_naam=van%20Eijck&nfd_naam=Eijck,%20van%20(y)&operator=eq&taal= Eijck, van (y)] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.</ref> Names with an [[affix]] ([[tussenvoegsel]]), like ''Van der Eijk'', are more likely to refer directly to the tree.<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?nfd_naam=Eijk%2C+van+den+%2F+der+%28y%29&info=aantal%20en%20verspreiding&operator=eq&taal= Eijk, van den /der (y)] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.</ref> This article lists people with this surname.

==Renaissance family of painters==
[[Image:Van Eyck brothers statue in Ghent.jpg|thumb|300px|A statue in [[Ghent]], [[Belgium]], depicts the van Eyck brothers, [[Hubert van Eyck|Hubert]] and [[Jan van Eyck|Jan]].]]
The important [[Flemish people|Flemish]] family of [[Early Netherlandish painter]]s with the surname van Eyck originated in Maaseik, but ultimately established their professional domicile in [[Ghent]] and in [[Bruges]]. 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]] (1380s – 1426), [[Jan van Eyck]] (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]] (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
*[[Gaspar van Eyck|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 [[European Patent Office]]

==See also==
*[[9561 van Eyck]], main belt asteroid named after Jan van Eyck
*[[Van Eyck (crater)]], crater on Mercury named after Jan van Eyck
*[[Ten Eyck]], Dutch surname of similar origin

==External links==
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05732a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia]

==References==
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[[Category:Dutch-language surnames]]
[[Category:Early Netherlandish painters|Eyck van]]
[[Category:Surnames of Dutch origin]]
[[Category:Toponymic surnames]]