Arnolfini Portrait
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| + | '''''The Arnolfini Portrait''''' is a [[painting]] in [[oil paint|oils]] on [[oak]] panel executed in 1434 by [[Jan van Eyck]], a master of [[Early Netherlandish painting]]. Among other titles, it is also known as ''"The Arnolfini Wedding"'', ''"The Arnolfini Marriage"'', "''The Arnolfini Double Portrait''" or the ''"Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife"''. | ||
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| + | This painting is believed to be a [[portrait]] of [[Giovanni Arnolfini|Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini]] and his wife in a room, presumably in their home in the [[Flanders|Flemish]] city of [[Bruges]]. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in [[Western art history]]. Being both signed and dated by Van Eyck in 1434, it is, with the ''[[Ghent Altarpiece]]'' by the same artist and his brother Hubert, the oldest very famous panel painting to have been executed in oils rather than in [[tempera]]. The painting was bought by the [[National Gallery, London|National Gallery]] in [[London]] in 1842. | ||
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The Arnolfini Portrait is a painting in oils on oak panel executed in 1434 by Jan van Eyck, a master of Early Netherlandish painting. Among other titles, it is also known as "The Arnolfini Wedding", "The Arnolfini Marriage", "The Arnolfini Double Portrait" or the "Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife".
This painting is believed to be a portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife in a room, presumably in their home in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art history. Being both signed and dated by Van Eyck in 1434, it is, with the Ghent Altarpiece by the same artist and his brother Hubert, the oldest very famous panel painting to have been executed in oils rather than in tempera. The painting was bought by the National Gallery in London in 1842.
