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Arnolfini Portrait

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The Arnolfini Portrait is a famous oil painting created by Jan van Eyck in 1434. It depicts Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife standing in a room filled with symbolic objects.

AP course connection

Topic 3.4: 3.4 Purpose and Audience in Early European and Colonial American Art

Unit 3

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