Dr Kat and the Arnolfini Portrait

What happens when we attempt to read works of art in the same way we read textual sources? I think the Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck (1434) is a great candidate to be submitted for analysis using such a technique... I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting! Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos. Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katrina.marchant/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kat_Marchant Email: [email protected] Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A] Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated): Jan van Eyck’s Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) (1433). Held by the National Gallery. 17th-century copy of Jan van Eyck’s portrait of Isabella of Portugal. Held by The National Archive of Torre do Tombo in Lisbon. Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait (1434). Held by the National Gallery. Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors (1533). Held by the National Gallery. Jan van Eyck’s "Lucca Madonna" (c.1437). Held by the Städel Museum. Additional resources: Hannah Gadsby article: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/17/hannah-gadsby-why-i-love-the-arnolfini-portrait-one-of-art-historys-greatest-riddles Amber Butchart’s “A Stich in Time” on the Arnolfini Portrait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u2RM1odsf4