No, reader, this is not a centuries-old painting of a shotgun wedding. Despite appearances, the woman in green is not believed to be pregnant. Art historians, in truth, have not come to many ...

This exhibition demonstrates Van Eyck’s influence on the Pre-Raphaelite through visual comparisons which satisfyingly reveal a complex relationship between two otherwise disparate art movements. Jan ...

Modigliani (left), Picasso, and André Salmon (who renamed “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”) in front the Café de la Rotonde, Paris, 1916 (photo by Jean Cocteau via Wikimedia Commons) Jan van Eyck, “The ...

The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck is one of the most extraordinary and enigmatic paintings in the history of Western art. What it shows seems unremarkable enough: a couple, standing in their home ...

A chirpy dog stares warily at us as we approach one of the best-loved pictures in the National Gallery. He is, in fact, a Brussels griffon, as well as a symbol of fidelity. The couple standing behind ...

VISUAL ART: VERA RYAN reviews Girl in a Green Gown: The History and Mystery of the Arnolfini Portrait By Carola Hicks Chatto… VISUAL ART: VERA RYANreviews Girl in a Green Gown: The History and Mystery ...

The most radical artists of the Victorian age fixed their gaze on 15th-century Netherlands. By Michael Prodger Such was the grip exerted on the arts in Britain by the Italian Renaissance that the ...

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly looked unrecognisable as they recreated Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait from 1434 on Instagram on Tuesday. The presenters, both 44, declared 'no social distancing ...

In the latest article about the venues shortlisted for the Art Fund's Museum of the Year 2016 award, we focus on Bristol's imposing Arnolfini. Named after Jan van Eyck's famous Arnolfini Portrait, the ...

Today is Worldwide Marriage Encounter Day. All loved-up married couples, listen up. Fr Gabriel Calvo, a Spanish priest, inaugurated this celebration of "an open and honest relationship within marriage ...