Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife (The Arnolfini Portrait)

Jan van Eyck

1434

Tempera on wood panel

32 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches

Courtesy of the National Gallery, London (NG186)

Bought, 1842

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Details

• Circular minor with biblical scenes and reflections of the witnesses to the marriage
• Pattens
• The Bride

References

Panofsky, Erwin. Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character [1953]. 2 vols. New York: Harper and Row, 1971.

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