The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck·The Arnolfini Portrait·1434·Oil on oak·National Gallery, London↓

Jan van Eyck Flemish, c. 1390 – 1441

The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434

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An Italian merchant and his wife stand in a Bruges interior filled with signs of wealth: oranges, a brass chandelier, a fur-lined gown, a tiny terrier. Whether it records a betrothal, a marriage or simply a status portrait is still argued over.

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The convex mirror reflects two more figures in the doorway, and above it the painter wrote "Jan van Eyck was here 1434."

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