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All nine of Jan van Eyck's surviving portraits are coming together for the very first time in history

On the National Gallery’s website, the most-visited painting page is devoted to the Arnolfini Portrait. According to the ...
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Unlocking Van Eyck’s ‘Arnolfini Portrait’, One of World’s Most Enigmatic Paintings

No, reader, this is not a centuries-old painting of a shotgun wedding. Despite appearances, the woman in green is not believed to be pregnant. Art historians, in truth, have not come to many ...