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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Statements (43)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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