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I like the video, but if you think you really need all these sounds, please turn their volume down by 90%

My first thought when you described the father as Jewish was, damn - not the best time for these girls do be born. So, yes, I guessed the tragedy. Not that hard given my own family's history. Another fascinating and moving video. Thank you!

Brilliant, more than just a painting. Thank you,

Fascinating

Well done. Enjoyed the information. ❤

cuz he was nuts?

Thanks for your insights into this masterpiece.

The evident joy you find in these works of art is infectious...hmmm...not the best word perhaps. A bit like saying you hope your interest in art will metastasize to your viewers. Sad fact is that it's gotten harder to spend any time with any noted artwork. In these videos it feels like sitting down and pondering great art at length. Although I could do without the sound effects and silly animations, I do so enjoy your work 👍

Beautiful Paintings...

Do you not know the difference between a flower and a fruit? Those aren't cherry blossoms, son, those are cherries. Otherwise, very interesting. I've been interested in this painting--too bad I can't go see it in person.

Well done

Wonderful explanation of this masterpiece. Thank you.

Wonderful insights into this work of Raphael. I never understood it better. Thank you, and I look forward to seeing more of your videos. ❤

And here I thought he was just an incredible mutant ninja turtle.

Pythagoras = Archimedes??

I The painting is even more amazing than I already thought it was!

Puts Da Vinci's Last Supper to shame.

Reconsiliation can be a good thing.

What about the position of her rings? Not the correct way to wear them; she would lose them soon. Another symbol for losing a partner? 🤔

Love this painting! Do you know he shows the seams on the back of the gown of the lady? I don’t see why the mirror could not exist. Mirrors have existed for thousands of years as polished metal. Still it is an interesting question to put to my glass blower friend. Another friend created this mirror for fun by cutting out the frame in wood, then buying a plain domed truck hub cap for the center, and small magnifying mirrors meant for truckers to put on their side mirrors in the outer spots. The domed central piece looks very real.

I am curious about the husband’s hand position - at first I thought, “Is he giving her a benediction?” Was it common in other paintings?

She wasn’t dead, but instead… She was a vampire! Ergo all the death references! 🎶*BUM BUM BUUUUUM*🎶

What a wonderful description of the new details. It really changes things and makes most sense. Thanks for putting this together so expertly.

I learned this as arnolfini’s wedding. You have not shown the dog at the bottom of painting closer to her than to him indicating she was to be more faithful than he.

Did I understand correctly? She was dead when the painting was started? If so, since there was no photo, that is not possible. He must have started it when she posed or it and she was pregnant.

I wonder if the child survived.

Thank you, this was lovely and interesting!

Most educated explanation of this painting I have seen. Brilliant.Since it is a painting about her and she died in childbirth, the extra cloth and her hand on top of her belly must have something to do with that. A normal dress would not have that much material in the front of the body, unless maybe it was a train gathered from the back. Still, it does seem to me some sort of symbology. It is indeed an incredible painting - I had no idea it was so small. Thank you so much :) 🌼🕯️🌷🌱

The fact that she looks pregnant represents the way she died, no?

Interesting

Vous êtes passé à coté de beaucoup de choses...mais la ville est grande!....

They are holding hands in the painting but they are not in the reflection in the mirror.

You nailed it. I have always found the contrast of clothes between the couple ominous. He, like a black raven even the huge black hat worn indoors looks unbecoming and the solemn grieved face looked all menacing and puzzling to me. I always thought that he carried some kind of ominous menacing prescience and that by comparison she looked like an innocent angel kidnapped by him. The contrast clashes with the idea of a happy united couple. Too bad we cannot compare with other couple paintings of that time, I cannot think of couples being painted until the 17th century by Fragonard, Bouché or Wateau. Now that i learned the truth about this painting it gives me chills and redeems the man which i always thought was some kind of rich dark personage. More details confirm your analysis. The chandelier is significantly brighter on the man's side but darker on her side. Then what about his right hand praying position missing the left hand clasping. He lost half of himself when she died. Maybe i start seeing too many things but even her hand fingers look in an odd position, i mean the last two fingers look contorted in an non natural position. Could this be an indication of the childbirth complications to come. And finally their hand holding is most unusual. He holds her hand from the back of her hand while her palm is pointed to heaven. I now find this painting very sad and moving but beautiful. I like the humility and polite reserve in it. The scene seen in the mirror shows a large bench by the window facing the bed and on it something shiny like precious metal, i cannot identify the object. I bet it has another symbolic meaning.

If it was a memorial painting of wife Costanza, who died a year earlier, what reference could Van Eyck have had for her likeness? No photography, no living model. This, to me, seems to undo the Costanza theory.

The greatest mystery is why we don't see camera in the mirror.

Very interesting. I think you definitely nailed the meaning of all the symbols. Great video!

3:30 It was fashionable at the time for women to dress and pose as if pregnant.

There's only ten medallions around the mirror, not twelve.

Continuer mon frère❤

I love Gainsborough and i have a print of this painting. I've always loved it. It was wonderful finding out about the subject and her life. Very romanric ! Thank you !

Real good video except for sound effects and your voice needs a good microphone.

Thank you for your video, to shine a light on this painting that is special for me for personal reasons.

Really enjoyed this thank you.

They should move it

A fascinating story on multiple levels, concisely told here.

No sfx please.

Interesting❤

Worth checking out the The Hockney Falco thesis, advanced by artist David Hockney and physicist Charles M. Falco. 'Both argued that advances in realism and accuracy in the history of Western art since the Renaissance were primarily the result of optical instruments such as the camera obscura, camera lucida, and curved mirrors, rather than solely due to the development of artistic technique and skill. Nineteenth-century artists' use of photography had been well documented.'

The story is interesting, and I like the details but please those sound affects are jarring and very loud !

Good video, interesting, but I don't like the 'whoosh' sound effects or the camera clicks.