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."
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian merchant
ⓘ
art subject ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn | Burgundian Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedLocation |
Duchy of Burgundy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Burgundian court culture
ⓘ
Italian merchant community in Bruges ⓘ Netherlandish painting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| chronologicallyWithin |
Early Netherlandish art period
NERFINISHED
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Early Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Republic of Lucca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedBy | Jan van Eyck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedIn | The Arnolfini Portrait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian ⓘ |
| familyName | Arnolfini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | long-distance trade ⓘ |
| floruit |
early 15th century
ⓘ
mid 15th century ⓘ |
| genreOfDepiction | secular portrait ⓘ |
| givenName | Giovanni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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wealth ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Italian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Arnolfini family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Giovanni di Nicolao di Arnolfini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the probable subject of The Arnolfini Portrait ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Arnolfini Portrait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | merchant ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Lucca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | wealthy merchant ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium | oil on oak panel ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Bruges
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lucca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | merchant elite ⓘ |
| spouse | Costanza Trenta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.