Arnolfini Portrait
1434 painting by Jan van Eyck
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Arnolfini Portrait is a visual artwork in the movement of Early Netherlandish painting.[1]
It is in the portrait genre.[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Jan van Eyck[3]
- Owned by: National Gallery[4]
- Movement: Early Netherlandish painting[5]
- Genre: portrait[6]
- Depicts: Bruges[7], woman[8], dog[9], mirror[10], couple[11], marriage[12], bedroom[13], bed[14], window[15], chandelier[16], standing[17], dress[18], coif[19], hat[20]
- Made from material: oil paint[21], oak panel[22]
- Collection: National Gallery[23]
- Inventory number: NG186[24]
- Location: National Gallery[25], Room 28, National Gallery[26]
- Commons category: The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck[27]
- Catalog code: 47[28], 2[29], 23[30], 20[31], 3[32]
- Inception: 1434[33]
- Main subject: Giovanni Arnolfini[34], Giovanna Cenami[35]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 42D21[36], 61B2(ARNOLFINI, Giovanni)[37], 61B2(CENAMI, Giovanna)[38], 41A3321[39], 31A511[40], 34B11[41], 73D43[42], 41A221[43], 41A761[44], 41A33[45], 41B311[46], 42D3[47], 73[48]
- Described by source: 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die[49], Q124539860[50], Q124656588[51], Early Netherlandish painting Vol. I The van Eycks—Petrus Christus[52], Van Eyck, die Begründer der altniederländischen Malerei[53]
- Title: The Arnolfini Portrait[54]
- Inscription: Johannes de eyck fuit hic 1434[55]
- Native label: Portret van Giovanni Arnolfini en zijn vrouw[56]
- Height: 82.2 cm[57]
- Width: 60 cm[58]
- Culture: Early Netherlandish painting[59]
- Copyright status: public domain[60]
Why It Matters
Arnolfini Portrait has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]