The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck is one of the most extraordinary and enigmatic paintings in the history of Western art. What it shows seems unremarkable enough: a couple, standing in their home ...

The painting ‘The Arnolfini Portrait’ also called the ‘Arnolfini Marriage / Wedding’ is considered one of the most original and complex paintings of the Netherland Renaissance. Painted by Jan van Eyck ...

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly looked unrecognisable as they recreated Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait from 1434 on Instagram on Tuesday. The presenters, both 44, declared 'no social distancing ...

Jan van Eyck, one of the most famous artists of the Renaissance period, and often called the pioneer of the Northern Renaissance was an exceptional painter who served under a King and a Duke in his ...

The most radical artists of the Victorian age fixed their gaze on 15th-century Netherlands. By Michael Prodger Such was the grip exerted on the arts in Britain by the Italian Renaissance that the ...

Holman Hunt was one of several pre-Raphaelites inspired by Jan Van Eyck's iconic The Arnolfini Portrait. Lilias Wigan takes an in-depth look at the painting, which is part of a new exhibition at the ...

A chirpy dog stares warily at us as we approach one of the best-loved pictures in the National Gallery. He is, in fact, a Brussels griffon, as well as a symbol of fidelity. The couple standing behind ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter This fascinating exhibition focuses on one of the National Gallery’s greatest treasures, Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, the first ...

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