• Considered One of his greatest painting
• Uses heavy symbolizm that is charecteristic of VanEyck
• Almost every thin can be interptreted as a symbol of love and devotion

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-the chair is engraved with the image of St Margaret the patron saint of women in childbirth

-Note the hands, the young woman has just put her right hand into Arnolfini's left and he is about to put his own right hand into hers as a solemn token of their union

 

-Fruit on the windowsill probably a symbol of firtility

-Shoes:They have taken off there shoes signify the sanctity of marriage

-The Dog: a universal symbol of loyalty