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By

Jan van Eyck

1434

The Netherlands

Is it a marriage certificate?

Giavanna Cenami

from a wealthy

Italian family

Giovanni de Arrigo Arnolfini

a wealthy merchant in the court of Philip the Good,

Duke of Burgundy

Linked hands-

a symbol of

unity

A green dress-

a symbol of fertility,

new life

One light candle-

a symbol of the

all seeing eye

of God

Discarded Shoes-

a symbol of a sacred

ceremony

The painters

signature above

the mirror.

A mirror on

the back wall

surrounded by

the Stations of

the Cross

and

prayer beads

hanging on the

side.

Exotic fruit

-symbol of great wealth

A dog positioned

between the two-

a symbol of

faithfulness

On the Bedpost-

St. Margaret saint

of childbirth,

St. Martha saint

of housewives

The artist can be seen reflected

in the mirror. Is he a witness

to a wedding ceremony?

The Arnolfini

Marriage

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