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    paintings would be among those that could be recovered later thanks to the action o Wellington immediately sent 300 recovered works to his brother, Henry Wellesley...
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    Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait, of 1434. At the time, van Eyck's painting hung in Philip's palace, and would have been familiar to Velázquez. The Arnolfini Portrait...
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    paintings, drawings and prints have been especially important. In the famous Arnolfini Portrait (1434), Jan van Eyck is probably one of two figures glimpsed...
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    More than 1000 artists vowed to cease working with the British gallery Arnolfini following its decision to cancel two Palestinian film events. On 13 December...
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    College Gallery, London, September 1987 Henry Boxer, London, November 1992 Arnolfini, Bristol, 2007 Cuming Museum, South London, September–November 2010 Atlantis...
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    organisations and venues including the Royal West of England Academy, the Arnolfini, Ashton Gate and the Memorial Stadium. The city has two universities;...
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    prove ownership. An example of a detailed provenance is given in the Arnolfini portrait. The quality of provenance of an important work of art can make...
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    that strongly resembles the self-portrait reflected in the mirror in his Arnolfini Portrait. In both that works he shows himself wearing a red turban similar...
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    John Cabot (category 1490s missing person cases)
    Project, research project at University of Bristol, led by Dr Evan Jones. O. Hartig, "John and Sebastian Cabot", The Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent...
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  • technique here, which is consistent with other works of his such as the Arnolfini Portrait. His underdrawing has been revealed, and so have many changes...
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    fabrics through Italian merchants like the two cousins both named Giovanni Arnolfini amounted to a noticeable proportion of all government expenditure. Especially...
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    by Paolo Uccello 1465-1469 The Arnolfini Portrait, believed to be of Italian merchant, Giovanni de Nicolao Arnolfini with his wife, by Jan van Eyck,...
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    as The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin (1435, Louvre Museum, Paris), or The Arnolfini Marriage (1434, The National Gallery, London), where he combines the natural...
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    return, but the king said Wellington should keep them as a gift. The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck was also in the carriage, but (being conveniently...
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    paintings by artists interested in image distortions. Jan van Eyck's 1434 Arnolfini Portrait contains a convex mirror with reflections of the people in the...
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    July 1982. The "Prophecy and Vision" exhibition took place across the Arnolfini, Bristol and Camden Arts Centre in 1983. Bryant Fedden exhibited his "Hanging...
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