Giovanni di Nicolao di Arnolfini

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Giovanni di Nicolao di Arnolfini was a wealthy 15th-century Italian merchant from Lucca, best known as the subject of Jan van Eyck’s famous early Netherlandish painting commonly called "The Arnolfini Portrait."

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Giovanni di Nicolao di Arnolfini canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian merchant
art subject
human
activeIn Burgundian Netherlands
associatedLocation Duchy of Burgundy
Flanders
associatedWith Burgundian court culture
Italian merchant community in Bruges
Netherlandish painting
centuryOfActivity 15th century
chronologicallyWithin Early Netherlandish art period
Early Renaissance
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Lucca
depictedBy Jan van Eyck
depictedIn The Arnolfini Portrait
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName Arnolfini
fieldOfWork long-distance trade
floruit early 15th century
mid 15th century
genreOfDepiction secular portrait
givenName Giovanni
hasCanonicalRepresentation full-length double portrait with a woman in an interior
hasIconographyElement domestic interior setting
gesture of joined hands with a woman
rich contemporary clothing
historicalRole representative of Italian merchant presence in Bruges
knownFor patronage of art
wealth
languageSpoken Italian
memberOf Arnolfini family
linked to: Arnolfini
name Giovanni di Nicolao di Arnolfini
notableFor being the probable subject of The Arnolfini Portrait
notableWork The Arnolfini Portrait
occupation merchant
placeOfOrigin Lucca
portrayedAs wealthy merchant
portrayedInMedium oil on oak panel
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Bruges
Lucca
socialClass merchant elite
spouse Costanza Trenta

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The Arnolfini Portrait depicts Giovanni di Nicolao di Arnolfini
Giovanni di Nicolao di Arnolfini name Giovanni di Nicolao di Arnolfini