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The Culture Enthusiast: Jan van Eyck

The Arnolfini Portrait - Jan van Eyck

Art 10:23 AM
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck (1434) If you’re like me, you’ve seen this portrait a thousand times and never really understood why it’s so famous. According to the Wikipedia it is “one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art history”. I decided to do a little research and find out more about it. For starters, the couple in...