X-ray examination has shown that this painting's underdrawing of its female subject is strikingly similar to a later 1439 portrait of the artist's wif
X-ray examination has shown that this painting's underdrawing of its female subject is strikingly similar to a later 1439 portrait of the artist's wife Margaret. The rare Affenpinscher dog at bottom center testifies to the title figures' wealth and perhaps to the idea of fidelity, while the orange on a windowsill at left may represent prelapsarian innocence. A convex mirror on the back wall reflects two figures, either witnesses to the title event or the artist and another. Latin graffito on the back wall states the artist's name. FTP this describes what Netherlandish painting of a merchant and his wife by Jan Van Eyck?
X-ray examination has shown that this painting's underdrawing of its female subject is strikingly similar to a later 1439 portrait of the artist's wife Margaret.
{Arnolfini} Wedding (or {Arnolfini} Portrait)