One of the most enigmatic pictorial…

One of the most enigmatic pictorial details
and extraordinary details in the history of art.

The mirror that you can see in the background of Jan van Eyck's Portrait of the Arnolfini couple is only 5.5 centimetres wide but contains the reflection of the entire room: in addition to the couple, seen from behind, there are two other reflected figures, one of which could be the painter himself.

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