Full title: 'Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife ('The Arnolfini Portrait')'



全称：乔凡尼.阿尔诺菲尼夫妇肖像画(1434年)/现藏伦敦国家美术馆

This work is a portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, but is not intended as a record of their wedding. His wife is not pregnant, as is often thought, but holding up her full-skirted dress in the contemporary fashion. Arnolfini was a member of a merchant family from Lucca living in Bruges.



本件作品是阿尔诺菲尼夫妇的肖像，但此画的本意并非记录他们的婚礼。虽然很多人会误解，但画中的妻子并未怀孕，只是穿着那个时代时髦的大摆裙。阿尔诺菲尼是居住在比利时布鲁日的意大利卢卡商人。



The ornate Latin signature translates as 'Jan van Eyck was here 1434'. The similarity to modern graffiti is not accidental. Van Eyck often inscribed his pictures in a witty way. The mirror reflects two figures in the doorway. One may be the painter himself. Arnolfini raises his right hand as he faces them, perhaps as a greeting.


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