The Arnofini Portrait

The painting is known as “The Arnolfini Portrait”. This artwork is painting by Jan Van Eyck’s and created in 1434 using oil-glazing.The size of The Arnolfini Portrait is among 82.2cm × 60cm. It was located in a Flemish bedchamber.The purpose of “The Arnolfini Portrait” was to record the marriage. The artist intention is unclear, maybe he wants to showing a legal record that the marriage took place.

Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami is the main character in “The Arnolfini Portrait”. Giovanni Arnolfini is Giovanna Cenami husband. He was hold his wife with his left hand and stand left hand side while holds his right hand in the air. Giovanna Cenami is put her right hand into husband’s left and another hand holding up her full-skirted dress. She is stand at right beside the Arnolfini. The convex mirror reflects two people beside at the door. One of them maybe is Van Eyck because upside the convex mirror have an ornate Latin signature. It translates as 'Jan van Eyck was here 1434' which suggests he was a witness to the wedding.

 I choose this artwork for my 2nd assignment because it have a lot of mystery things to study. Almost all things in "The Arnolfini Portrait" have it own meaning.So, it made me interest to find out more and more of the mystery.