Arnolfini portrait

From the museum label: This portrait probably shows Giovanni Arnolfini, a wealthy Italian merchant resident in Bruges, and his wife. The couple is shown in a richly furnished living room; beds were a common feature of such rooms. The mirror on the back wall reflects two figures in a doorway. Arnolfini's hand is raised, perhaps to greet them. The painting is signed on the wall above the mirror, 'Jan van Eyck was here'. Links to high-resolution close-up photos of details from this painting are…

Known also as the Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, Arnolfini Double Portrait, or Arnolfini Marriage, Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait has undergone extensive debate and study. Read on for its complicated history.

3.127a Jan van Eyck, "The Arnolfini Portrait", 1434. Oil on panel, 32⅜ × 23⅝”. (Dutch)

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Fruit on windowsill and bench, detail from The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait by Jan Van Eyck. 1434. The National Gallery, London.

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The Arnolfini Portrait - Parody

Last week I threw out a challenge to write a sept poem on the theme of hands and using the detail from the Arnolfini portait as inspiration. Here are the poems you sent in, a string of pearls. Firs…

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3D interpretation of Jan van Eyck's painting, 1434 (National Gallery, London).

Detail of Jan van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his Wife , 1434. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Behind the scenes... ( Vogue Korea )

Jan Van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait (detail).