Art analysis of Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait from 1434

[@mice6884]

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[@hippojuice23]

5:01 The detail is ridiculous! I think Van Eyck is wearing his red turban in the mirror? Also you can see the town through the window in the reflection. Nails on the floor boards, a nick in the chair, and what looks like a modern raw 2x4 nailed for support around the window frame?!

[@dasharvey]

What is the symbolism of the brush on the right-hand side of the mirror?

[@xyara2392]

great explication thanks !

[@areyahavingalaugh9835]

Isn't Arnolfini a merchant not a banker?

[@davedrapak1676]

Hmm. Good question - he could even be a merchant banker. I am not sure.

[@amandajstar]

How can you say that she wasn't pregnant? In other words, fashion or no fashion, young women did get pregnant (even though hubby is hardly a tasty specimen).

[@Nebulighl]

you could say this is... crazy........ crazy?

[@anonymousonlineuser6543]

I stopped watching at 1:33 when this ignoramus suggested that debts could not be collected via judgments in court. This shows you that this ''historian'' have not read anything documentary from the era and simply parroting one of his ignorant teachers.