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URLhttps://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-portrait-of-a-man-self-portrait
Sources
Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) - National Gallery, London
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His motto, Als Ich Can , is painted in Greek letters on the upper frame; the words are an abbreviation of a Flemish saying and a pun on Jan's name: 'as I[ich/Eyk] can [but not as I would]'.
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