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Arnolfini portrait by jan van eyck.
Arnolfini Portrait
1434 painting by Jan van Eyck
| The Arnolfini Portrait | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Jan van Eyck |
| Year | 1434 |
| Type | Oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards |
| Dimensions | 82.2 cm × 60 cm (32.4 in × 23.6 in); panel 84.5 cm × 62.5 cm (33.3 in × 24.6 in) |
| Location | National Gallery, London |
The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is an oil painting on oakpanel by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck, dated 1434 and now in the National Gallery, London.
It is a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence at the Flemish city of Bruges.
It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art, because of its beauty, complex iconography,[1] geomet