Girl In A Green Gown Av Carola Hicks

<p><b>WITH A FOREWORD BY GRAYSON PERRY </b><br><br><b>Carola Hicks sets out to solve the mystery of one of art history’s greatest paintings, <i>The Arnolfini Portrait </i></b><br><br><i>The Arnolfini Portrait</i> by Jan van Eyck in 1434 hangs in the National Gallery in London and remains a mystery to this day. Is the painting of the girl in the green gown the celebration of marriage or pregnancy, a memorial to a wife who died in childbirth, a fashion statement or a status symbol? Using her acclaimed forensic skills as an art historian, Carola Hicks set out to decode the mystery of one the most enigmatic paintings in the western art. <br><br><b>‘This book will send you back to the National Gallery with much sharper eyes’</b> <b><i>Independent on Sunday</i></b></p>