ARNOLFINI WEDDING PORTRAIT Pathfinder

PATHFINDER ON JAN VAN EYCK'S ARNOLFINI WEDDING PORTRAIT

Alternate Titles:
Arnolfini Marriage; Arnolfini Betrothal; Arnolfini Double Portrait; Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife

Definition:
A full-length double portrait done in oils of a merchant and his wife, signed by Van Eyck. The portrait contains much symbolism and detail.

Location of Image:
National Gallery, London

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries:
Grove Art Online
Oxford Companion to Western Art

Sample LC Subject Headings:
Painting – History – Special regions or countries – Europe – Low countries – Holland (Netherlands)
Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Wedding portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Jeanne Cenami.

Recent Books:
Bertrand, Pierre-Michel. Le Portrait de Van Eyck: L'Énigme du Tableau de Londres. Paris: Hermann Éditeurs, 2006.
Hall, Edwin. The Arnolfini Betrothal: Medieval Marriage and the Enigma of Van Eyck's Double Portrait. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
Yui, Yvonne. Das Arnolfini-Doppelbildnis: Reflexionen über die Malerei. Frankfurt: Stroemfeld, 2001.

Relevant Internet Sites:
Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini "Wedding" Portrait
http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth214_folder/van_eyck/arnolfini.html
Discusses the symbolism of the painting and compares details to those in other art works.

Arnolfini Portraint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfini_Portrait
Includes a listing of the painting's provenance.