The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck

The Arnolfini Portrait

The convex mirror is famous for reflecting the room from behind, including the painter. What most viewers miss is the frame around it. It holds ten roundels, each smaller than a fingernail, each painted with a different scene from the Passion of Christ. Van Eyck painted ten Passion paintings inside one wedding painting. They are barely a centimetre across. Now at The National Gallery, London @nationalgallery

Artist
Jan van Eyck (c. 1390 to 1441)
Date
1434
Medium
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions
82.2 × 60 cm
Collection
The National Gallery, London
Image
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain