The Arnolfini Wedding is a famous painting by which artist?
Correct answer: Jan van Eyck
Marcus Space Cadet
The artist and his easel are said to be reflected in the parabolic mirror at the back of the room.
Laudy Miss Claudy
Is it just me or does Mrs. Arnolfini appear to be pregnant at her own wedding...and if you look closely into the mirror in the background you can probably see the bride's father holding a shotgun.
Player #13664945
Really guys? "Netherlandish"? WTF happened to Dutch?
S
Player #13664945, "Netherlandish" refers to 15th and 16th century painters from the Dutch Republic, which contained the current Netherlands and Flanders. Jan van Eyck himself was actually Flemmish.
Zeza
The painting is signed, inscribed, and dated on the wall above the mirror, it says...Jan van Eyck was here 1434
FlowerPower
I have seen the painting. It is Marvelous, interesting and the gallery is free. How great is thst.
Guillermo
Mr. Arnolfini.. looks just like my HS algebra teacher.. Mr. Salvatore Cioffi.. RIP Sal! you did good work
Aukyboy
Is that the painter where all the people look like Putin?
tia
I remember reading about this painting that the bride was not pregnant, but was wearing a sort of front "bustle" which was a fashion of the times
RABBIT
Mimbo, 🤣😝
RABBIT
Aukyboy, 🤣😝
Lea57
Zeza, I was going to comment the same...ditto
Olly
Trish - Yes, I've read that explanation of her shape. There's one thing though and that is that she has her hand over her stomach in the way that expectant mothers do. Do you remember nearly every picture of Meghan, Prince Harry's wife, when she was pregnant, showed her as having a hand in exactly the same place?
LightningFast
Wasn't it also featured in the opening scenes of Desperate Housewives?
Trish
Laudy Miss Claudy, not pregnant, it was the fashion among the aristocracy at the time to appear to have a fat belly, since only wealthy people could afford enough rich foods to get fat. only poor people were skinny
RICK-N-BACHER
they don't look very happy.
Rawgrand
Marcus Space Cadet, interesting! TY
Qatwalk
Player frank h, Did shotguns exist in 1434?
Mimbo
Who on earth answered “David Hockney” ?
Shellback
Van Eyk himself can be seen reflected in the mirror.
Zeza
I looked up painting and zoomed in to see detail and noticed wording above the mirror
Uninitialized
She looks way too young for him and with her hand on her belly, she is definitely pregnant.
nomdeplume420
It's geometric orthogonal perspective...mmmhmmm...
BigIronHooked
Marcus Space Cadet, Or is that her father with the shotgun?
GokulDon
Just for knowledge, antonio works are Jupiter &io, assumption of virgin. Manet works are Olympia. Manet is modern painter.