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The Arnolfini Portrait
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Artist
Jan van Eyck
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Year
1434
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Culture
Netherlandish
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Date of Copy
This one comes at an interesting point for the project--late enough that I was willing to tackle a complicated painting like this one, early enough that I was still using a cartoony style without faithfully trying to copy every detail.
I hadn't seen this painting until I started this project. I loved it once I did--it is so bizarre and full of now inexplicable details that it's just fun to look at. I love when a painting from hundreds of years ago still makes me laugh. And putting my face in multiple times is always a treat.
Toward the end of the project, I redid old entries to compare progress and give the original artworks their proper due. You can see my redo of the Arnolfini Portrait at entry 91.
Reference image is from Wikipedia. It is now at the National Gallery in London.