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8.9: Arnolfini Portrait

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    Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Jan Van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait.

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    Jan Van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, tempera and oil on wood, 1434 (National Gallery, London).

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    • Van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait. Authored by: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/northern-renaissance1/burgundy-netherlands/v/van-eyck-portrait-of-giovanni-arnolfini-and-his-wife-1434. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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