However, there are some complexities:
* Lost works: Many of his works have been lost to time, destroyed, or are still undiscovered.
* Collaborations: Van Eyck likely collaborated with his workshop, so some paintings attributed to him could have been executed by assistants.
* Attributions: Some works are debated among art historians as to whether they were solely painted by Van Eyck or partially by his workshop.
So, while we have a reasonable idea of his surviving work, the true number of paintings he created remains a mystery.