# Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [EYCK, Jan van]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Oil on oak, 29 x 20 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini c. 1435 Oil on oak, 29 x 20 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin The exact datation of the painting is debated. However, it was executed about the same time as the famous marriage portrait in the National Gallery, London. Here, Arnolfini's turban is in the Italian style, wrapped around a faceted wooden core like those so often <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/piero/2/2/2proce17.html'\)" HREF="/html/p/piero/2/2/2proce17.html">drawn by Piero della Francesca</A> and <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/u/uccello/6various/4portr\_m.html'\)" HREF="/html/u/uccello/6various/4portr\_m.html">Uccello</A> as a favourite perspectival exercise. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Diptych]() - [Last Judgment]() - [Madonna and Child at the Fountain]() - [Madonna in the Church \(detail\)]() - [Madonna in the Church]() - [Madonna with the Child Reading]() - [Man in a Turban \(detail\)]() - [Man in a Turban]() - [Portrait of a Goldsmith \(Man with Ring\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()