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El affaire Arnolfinisecond-hand

Published by Acantilado · Arts · ISBN 9788419036469

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An essay on the portrait of the Arnolfini couple that Jan van Eyck painted in 1434, a much-studied picture that still holds open questions. Postel examines the canvas detail by detail, like the investigation in a detective novel, asking who the man and woman are, what bound them together and what the objects around them say.

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