| dc.coverage.temporal | Creation date: 1434 | en_US |
| dc.creator | Eyck, Jan van | en_US |
| dc.date | 1434 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-10-04T19:19:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-10-04T19:19:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1434 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 100517 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/3037 | en_US |
| dc.description | This work is a portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, but is not intended as a record of their wedding. His wife is not pregnant, as is often thought, but holding up her full-skirted dress in the contemporary fashion. Arnolfini was a member of a merchant family from Lucca living in Bruges. The couple are shown in a well-appointed interior. The ornate Latin signature translates as "Jan van Eyck was here 1434". The similarity to modern graffiti is not accidental. Van Eyck often inscribed his pictures in a witty way. The mirror reflects two figures in the doorway. One may be the painter himself. Arnolfini raises his right hand as he faces them, perhaps as a greeting. Van Eyck was intensely interested in the effects of light: oil paint allowed him to depict it with great subtlety in this picture, notably on the gleaming brass chandelier. | en_US |
| dc.description | full view | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 82.2 x 60 cm (32.36 x 23.62 inches) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | oil paint | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | panels (wood) | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 102171 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dogs | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mirrors | en_US |
| dc.subject | Portraits, Group | en_US |
| dc.subject | Self portraits | en_US |
| dc.subject | Weddings | en_US |
| dc.subject | Marriage | en_US |
| dc.subject | Symbolism in art | en_US |
| dc.subject | Portraits, Renaissance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Marriage customs and rites | en_US |
| dc.subject | Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Painting, Flemish --15th century. | en_US |
| dc.title | Arnolfini Portrait | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Wedding portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Jeanne Cenami | en_US |
| dc.type | Image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | All rights reserved | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | Repository: National Gallery (Great Britain) (London, England) ID: NG186 | en_US |
| vra.technique | painting (image-making) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Panel painting | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Portrait | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | painter: Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, 1385-1441) | en_US |
