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John Everett Millais, 'Mariana', 1851 © Tate, London 2015
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Jan van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434, The National Gallery, London
Exhibition
Reflections: Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites
2 Oct 2017 – 2 Apr 2018
Regular hours
- Monday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 21:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Admission charge
Address
- Trafalgar Square
- London
England - WC2N 5DN
- United Kingdom
Uncover the lesser-known story of how Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait was one of the inspirations behind the Pre-Raphaelites’ radical new style of painting.
About
Discover how van Eyck’s 'Arnolfini Portrait' was one of the beacons by which the Pre-Raphaelites forged a radical new style of painting
Acquired by the National Gallery in 1842, the Arnolfini Portrait informed the Pre-Raphaelites’ belief in empirical observation, their ideas about draughtsmanship, colour and technique, and the ways in which objects in a picture could carry symbolic meaning.
The exhibition will bring together for the first time the 'Arnolfini Portrait' with paintings from the Tate collection and loans from other museums, to explore the ways in which Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), Sir John Everett Millais (1829–1896) and William Holman Hunt (1827–1910), among others, were influenced by the painting in their work.
For more information, visit The National Gallery website.
This exhibition is organised by the National Gallery in collaboration with Tate.
Supported by The Thompson Family Charitable Trust, Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, and other supporters of the exhibition
The Sunley Room exhibition programme is supported by The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
