Why Was Jan van Eyck here?
Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Marriage Portrait of 1434 still poses fundamental questions. An overlooked account explained the groom’s left hand holding his bride’s right hand as a secular, legal morganatic marriage with a bride of lower social rank and wealth. That would explain Van Eyck’s presence a...
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Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Venezia Arti |
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| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.14277/2385-2720/VA-26-17-7 |