Today, August 7, we have known the themes and designs of the two 2-euro commemorative coins that Belgium will issue in 2020. Information that comes to us thanks to Paul (Euromunter) and that Carlos Peláez extends to me. In this post, meet one of them, dedicated to «2020 International Year of Plant Health»
The obverse of the coin shows as its main motive the logo of the International Year of Plant Health. Below it, only the initials “BE” of the issuing country, Belgium, appear. While above, in an arched line adjusted to the outer edge of the core is the English legend “INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PLANT HELATH”, flanked by the mark of the director of the Belgian mint, Ingrid Herzele (the coat of arms of the municipality of Herzele), and by the Dutch mint mark in Utrecht (the Caduceus of Mercury).
Roll: 600,000 UNC pieces in circulation and 155,000 in individual FDC-BU blister cards and individual PROOF cases.
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Let us now know the reason for the second 2 Euro coin commemorating Belgium for 2020, which by the way will not go into circulation, whoever wants it for its collection will have to acquire it in one of the 150,000 coincards in BU quality, or some of the 5,000 which will be coined in Proof quality. The coin is dedicated to the painter «Jan van Eyck».
On the right side of the coin is a reproduction of the self-portrait of Jan Van Eyck entitled "Portrait of a man with a turban" painted in the year 1433, while on the left is part of the signature of the author that appears in the painting "The Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife". As well as a painter's palette in which the initials "LL" of designer Luc Luycx are inscribed. Inside a circular exergue that surrounds the motif, the commemorative legend “J. van Eyck ”, on the right, the initials“ BE ”of the issuing country, Belgium and the year of emission“ 2020 ”, and below, the mark of the director of the Belgian mint, Ingrid Herzele (the coat of arms of the municipality of Herzele), and that of the Dutch mint in Utrecht (the Caduceus of Mercury).
The Portrait of a man with a turban, although in reality it is a chaperone with the ends that normally hang knotted on his head, is an oil painting made in 1433 by the Flemish painter Jan van Eyck. It was acquired by the National Gallery in London in 1851, having been in England since Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel bought it, probably during his exile in Antwerp between 1642-1644. It has been preserved along with its original frame and has the inscription painted JOHES DE EYCK ME FECIT YEAR MCCCC.33. 21. OCTOBRIS «Jan Van Eyck made me on October 21, 1433» at the bottom and at the top the motto AlC IXH XAN, which can mean “I do this because I can” that appears in other paintings by van Eyck, always written in Greek letters and includes a pun with your name,
Jan van Eyck or Johannes de Eyck (Maaseik, c.1390 - Bruges, July 9, 1441) of which in 2020 the 630th anniversary of his birth will be celebrated, he was a Flemish painter who worked in Bruges. He is considered one of the best painters in northern Europe in the 15th century and the most famous of the Flemish Primitives. Together with his brothers and Robert Campin, they were the transition figures from the international Gothic to the so-called Flemish school. Nothing is known about his training as an artist, even if it was in France or in his homeland. Probably his training was in the field of the miniature, from which he learned the love for tiny details and for refined technique, which is reflected even in the pictorial works.
It is not known exactly if many of his miniatures were made by Jan or his brother Hubert, as is the case with other works of this era. The authorship of works by Van Eyck prior to 1426, the date on which his brother Hubert died, is discussed and the attribution to Hubert or Jan is delicate. One of his best works is the Ghent Polyptych, which ended in 1432 which is currently in its original location, St. Bavo's cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. Although perhaps his best known painting is "The Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife", which dated in 1434, represents the rich merchant Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife Giovanna Cenami, who settled and prospered in the city of Bruges, between 1420 and 1472
Thanks to Paul (Euromunter) for the information about the currency, and thanks to Carlos Peláez for providing me with the texts and images in this post.
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