The Arnolfini Portrait: the wife was already dead when it was painted | Van Eyck

The Arnolfini Portrait: the wife was already dead when it was painted | Van Eyck

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"The Arnolfini Portrait," painted by Jan van Eyck in 1434, is one of the most mysterious paintings in art history. And there's a detail that almost no one knows: the wife portrayed was probably already DEAD when the painting was made.