Full title: 'Portrait of GiovanniArnolfini and his Wife ('The Arnolfini Portrait')'
全称：乔凡尼.阿尔诺菲尼夫妇肖像画
This work is a portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, but is not intended as a record of their wedding. His wife is not pregnant, as is often thought, but holding up her full-skirted dress in the contemporary fashion. Arnolfini was a member of a merchant family from Lucca living in Bruges.
本件作品是阿尔诺菲尼夫妇的肖像，但此画的本意并非记录他们的婚礼。虽然很多人会误解，但画中的妻子并未怀孕，只是穿着那个时代时髦的大摆裙。阿尔诺菲尼是居住在比利时布鲁日的意大利卢卡商人。
The ornate Latin signature translates as 'Jan van Eyck was here 1434'. The similarity to modern graffiti is not accidental. Van Eyck often inscribed his pictures in a witty way. The mirror reflects two figures in the doorway. One may be the painter himself. Arnolfini raises his right hand as he faces them, perhaps as a greeting.
墙上华丽的拉丁文翻译过来是“扬.凡.艾克在场(1434)”。这样的墙上涂鸦可不是偶然的，扬.凡.艾克常常喜欢用巧妙的方式来给他的作品签名。从镜子中可以观察到门口的两人，其中一个也许是画家本人。阿尔诺菲尼在面对门口的同时举起右手，也许是表示欢迎。
Van Eyck was intensely interested in the effects of light: oil paint allowed him to depict it with great subtlety in this picture, notably on the gleaming brass chandelier.
扬.凡.艾克本人对光的效果有十分浓烈的兴趣：油画使得他能够十分精妙地描绘光泽效果，尤其是两人头顶那只金光闪烁的吊灯。
