The Arnolfini Portrait is as enigmatic as it is iconic. Painted by Jan van Eyck in 1434, it spawns a lot of speculation – over half a millennium later, we are left with many unanswered questions. On 4 ...

In his 1550 volume Lives of the Artists, painter and architect Giorgio Vasari snuck in praise for the Flemish artist Jan van ... 500 years. Van Eyck’s 1434 The Arnolfini Marriage Portrait ...

The painting in question is called The Arnolfini Portrait by Dutch painter Jan van Eyck. It is a relatively small oil painting, dating back to 1434, depicting what is believed to be the wedding shoot ...

Jan van Eyck ... famous paintings by van Eyck. Another famous painting by Eyck is ‘The Arnolfini Portrait’. The main character of this painting is said to be Giovanni Arnolfini, a wealthy ...

No, reader, this is not a centuries-old painting of a shotgun wedding. Despite appearances, the woman in green is not believed to be pregnant. Art historians, in truth, have not come to many ...

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This was painted in 1434 by Jan van Eyck. Depicting the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, the painting now resides at the National Gallery in London. Édouard Manet's ...

The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait is ... The Arnolfini Portrait, painted in 1434, depicts Giovanni di Nicolao di Arnolfini and his wife in their home. The ...