Arnolfini Portrait

Jan van Eyck · 1434

Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck

The story

The Arnolfini Portrait is an oil painting on oak panel 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.

Artist
Jan van Eyck
Date
1434
Collection
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Movement
Early Netherlandish painting
Medium
oil paint, oak panel
Size
82.2 × 60 cm

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