rag t , ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁Academy ▁for ▁the ▁Visual ▁Arts ▁Jan ▁van ▁E y ck ▁in ▁Ma astr icht ▁- ▁c ared ▁for ▁him ▁for ▁almost ▁twenty ▁years . ▁She ▁did ▁his ▁la und ry ▁for ▁him ▁and ▁brought ▁him ▁food . ▁To ▁soft en ▁his ▁gr ief ▁and ▁rel ieve ▁his ▁l onel iness ▁she ▁sometimes ▁came ▁to ▁read ▁a ▁book ▁or ▁exchange ▁a ▁few ▁words ▁with ▁him ▁at ▁his ▁house ▁in ▁the ▁evening . ▁Hof hu izen ▁spent ▁the ▁last ▁ten ▁years ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁with ▁his ▁bos om ▁friend , ▁the ▁painter ▁Pet ran ▁V erme ulen ▁( 1 9 1 5 – 1 9 8 8 ), ▁and ▁his ▁dear ▁friend ▁Marian ne ▁Bak els . ▁After ▁Wille m ▁Hof hu izen ’ s ▁death ▁Pet ran ▁V erme ulen ▁said ▁he ▁wished ▁that ▁he , ▁too , ▁were ▁dead . ▁Two ▁years ▁later ▁his ▁wish ▁was ▁ful filled . ▁ ▁Wille m ▁Hof hu izen ▁went ▁on ▁study ▁tri ps ▁to ▁Egypt , ▁Italy , ▁Spain , ▁Portugal ▁and ▁also ▁France , ▁where ▁he ▁stayed ▁in ▁Paris ▁for ▁about ▁a ▁year . ▁ ▁Work ▁Wille m ▁Hof hu izen ' s ▁paint ings ▁reflect ▁his ▁inner ▁world , ▁in ▁which ▁man ▁( more ▁specifically , ▁the ▁arch et yp al ▁woman ) ▁plays ▁a ▁dominant ▁role . ▁In ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁paint ings ▁he ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁on look ers ▁at ▁the ▁scene , ▁looking ▁over ▁other ▁people ' s ▁shoulders ▁and ▁satisfied ▁with ▁what ▁he