ARNOLFINI PORTRAIT:
This oil painting on oak panel was executed by Jan van Eyck who is an Early Netherlands painter. The painting appears to look like the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their home in the Flemish city of Bruges. By applying layer after layer of thin translucent glazes, the artist achieved an intensity of both tone and color. Van Eyck captured surface appearance and distinguished textures precisely with the help of the medium in oil paint

Van Eyck - Arnolfini Portrait

Detail of the convex mirror

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