I love this one. Of course, from where you are standing in the picture, the bar maid and the couple in back wouldn't be reflected. The oranges and bottles always draw my eyes and the lace on her top. The closer you get, the less you can make out. You have to stand a certain distance to see the strokes merge to becone sonething. I always feel like his puctures are vetter than the photos of the time period. You see so much more.

Thank you for your research, your thoughts and this video, but, s'il vous plait, work on the pronunciation of proper names and such in French.

Jan Van Eyck was Here 1434 that is a classic

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5:46 The Dancer or Acrobat is in the upper left

The painting didn't "destroy" her life--it's the the reaction of idiots that did that!

Great video Thank you For the details.

I always saw the man in the top hat as a self portrait of Manet and the back of the waitress purely as a reflection of the main subject. I realize (and accept) that the perspectives are all wrong but this is impressionism.

Very interesting. I love your detailed analysis.

The man looks like a thinner Vladimir Putin.

I will solve it for you .... It's a MASTER-PIECE, so for every masterpiece out ther the mistery is allways the same

Its just a full figure portrait painting of a man and a woman, most likely a commission. There is no 'Hidden' symbolisms. I heard critics discuss modern paintings only to be rebuked by the actual artist for being to complicated and thinking far too deeply about the picture. Art critique boarders on Paranoia sometimes.

The husband on the portrait reminds me of Vladimir Putin.

Still prefer the ‘ ambassadors’ I mean where did that skull idea come from?

The chandelier would be impossible to draw free-hand. This painting was made using a lens; David Hockney proved it. The background carving of what looks to be a sphinx-like creature was planned to look like it was positioned in their hands. The reason escapes me, but the symbolism of a sphynx or life coming out of the ashes might have been the meaning of why Van Eyck had them holding hands and the small figurine directly behind their hands. Was this a depiction of someone's long-dead wife coming back to life? What the figure represents should be on the list of things to investigate. Van Eyck's attention to detail leaves one breathless; he is one of the great masters...

His hand is raised because he is making a pact with God to spent a little more time with his recently deceased wife.

*"José" is pronounced as "hoe - ZAY,"* NOT AS "joe - ZAY." *"Dali" is said with TWO SYLLABLES, as in "DAH - lee."* *PLEASE LEARN SOME BASIC SPANISH **_(AND ENGLISH!)_** PRONUNCIATIONS!* 👎

Those sure don’t look like oranges to me.

An enjoyable presentation. The only big stumble was your pronouncification of "X" @ 0:57. It should be read and pronounced, 82 by 60 centimeters.

Thank you very much for sharing with us knowledge about this masterpeace. ❤

Fine Art Explained by a millennial. No thank you. It’s not that it wasn’t well-written or explained. It’s that the boy narrating it has the reading skills of a seventh grader. I can’t with this already. Before all you ne’erdowells pile on, look up the word MISANTHROPE. All will be revealed.

“82 ‘EX’ 60 centimeters”??? It’s 82 BY 60 centimeters. The “x” represents the word BY. If you’re gonna break down history, at least know basic English. Phuck me. PILE ON, ignoramuses. I know, I’m a “grammar Nazi.”

The highlighted carving on the sideboard, could be 'the good samaritan' or Saint Christopher. Some safeguard for travellers.

It's starkly obvious to me. A merchant is embarking on a long journey, he is wearing his understated travelling clothes. He may be gone for many months or even years, he expresses his tender feelings & concern for his beautiful young wife in parting, she is very pregnant and is soon to give birth, he will not be there for the child's arrival & it causes him some degree of anguish & consternation, he is leaving her well off with plenty to run the household while he is away. There is an unspoken trust between them, trust that she will remain faithful, trust that he will return to his young family. It appears the painter painted himself as the merchant.

I have always loved this painting.

8:51 Sir, a very interesting discussion of the painting. You missed a second British beer visible on the bar with a red triangle ‘Bass’! It is available to this day with exactly the same branding symbol!

The background music is so annoying and unnecessary. Had to turn off as it just took over the narrative which was interesting.

The portrait is of a man missing the life he missed due to his wife's death. Candle lit above him, out over her.

I concur, she is obviously pregnant and appears to be approximately 8 months along. Could this be a portrait of his first wife who died in childbirth-a very common occurrence.

As an artist,I'm amazed at the details & colors.

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4uxp4ysrcqnpdE Clearly, it's not the case that nobody can solve the mysteries of this painting.

Extremely annoying "background" music

Stange left hand little finger, on the female unsung - looks bent maybe a lute player?

I suggest you slow down the narration. It sounds like you are trying to rush through a script, rather than explaining something to viewers.

The finial on the chair back looks like others in the painting. Mystery solved! New mystery-is that Prokofiev playing in the background?

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I found this very informative, but can we please dispense with music as a backdrop to absolutely everything ?

There is no way that the squirrel perched on the wife's hand is not symbolic of something, so that blows the theory that there are no messages to be read in the painting. Who are the people reflected in the mirror, with their backs turned? And one looking back and obviously saying something. His expression is not celebratory. I that they are mourners who stopped to convey their condolences over the death of the wife, and are now leaving. The man facing into the room is giving a last condolence. Everything in the painting is a message. The husband holding his wife's hand is acknowledging the baby as his own, showing that he has lost both wife and child, if she was indeed pregnant. Can we say for sure that she was not pregnant? She did die in childbirth. I agree with eliazbethclaiborne6461 that the painting could have been begun before she died.

I speculate that Putin is a vampire.

What is the little wooden gnome or demon doing above the couple's hands? Its scowling expression seems like a foreboding, as if it is saying that this union will not last long. If the woman in the picture is Arnolfini's first wife, then she died a year after their wedding, most likely in the aftermath of childbirth. The dangers of childbirth killed so many women before the medical profession had understood how to deal with it. And if the woman in the painting died of childbirth, then perhaps she is indeed pregnant i Jan Van Eyck's portrait.

In fact, many people make the mistake of thinking that the woman is pregnant, because they don't know that at the time, the ideal posture for a woman was an S shape (head bent forward, chest pushed back & belly also forward)

The music is too loud, seems as if you are trying to talk over the music. The music is distracting and annoying. Would prefer your narration only.

It's not a painting 😂

You do know instead of saying ask that is referred to us by its measurements. Thank you for your time and energy on a channel. That’s great.

Why no mentions of the statues? A griffin above her hand? A saint on top of the bed post?

Las Mininas is more accurately translated to the Chaperones, not ladies in waiting! The painting shows many levels of chaperones. From the keeper of keys to tutors maids and jester dwarfs, watchdogs and high-ranking playmates. The ultimate chaperones being revealed in the mirror reflection are the king and queen overlooking not only the scene but the observers of the scene, which is we the viewers. The sovereigns watch over all of us.

The portrait of Vladimir PUTIN with his pregnant lady in a previous life.

Jan is pronounced “yawn” and the x in between the measurements uses the word “by”

I had seen pictures of this painting - I had assumed they were an established married couple expecting their 2nd or 3rd or 4th child. I think it's really, really good odds to bet that ANY married woman in any painted portrait prior to 1600 was in SOME STAGE of pregnancy.

The teaser thumbnail has the bedstead lions circled, so I assumed this was the "mystery no one can solve" but I watched the video and the highlighted bedstead carving was not mentioned and I'm a bit unsure what the mystery was ... the identity of the woman, perhaps?