Girl in a green gown : the history and mystery of the Arnolfini portrait / Carola Hicks

London : Chatto & Windus, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiv, 256 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index. Contents; Preface: History and mystery -- Court painter to the Duke of Burgundy -- Bruges, Venice of the West -- Followers of fashion -- Courtier, ambassador, spy: Don Diego de Guevara -- The beads and the brush -- La Grande Mere de l'Europe: Marguerite of Austria -- The furniture -- The Amazon Queen: Marie of Hungary -- The fabrics -- Art lover: Philip II -- The rug -- Spanish palaces: from Philip to Napoleon -- The oranges -- The uninvited King of Spain: Joseph Bonaparte -- The window -- Hero of Waterloo: Colonel James Hay -- The mirror -- The dealers and the Prince and the critics -- The chandelier -- Star of the National Gallery -- The dog -- Pre-Raphaelite idol and Connoisseurs' quest -- Techniques -- Wars and disputes -- Hidden puzzles? -- Interpretations and transformations: the Arnolfinis today. Subjects; Eyck, Jan. van (1390-1440). Wedding portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Jeanne Cenami. Eyck, Jan van (1390-1440) Criticism and interpretation. Eyck, Jan van (1390-1441) Arnolfini-Doppelbildnis. Eyck, Jan van (1390-1440). Wedding portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Jeanne Cenami. Wedding portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Jeanne Cenami (Eyck, Jan van). Giovanni Arnolfini und seine Frau Giovanna Cenami. Art and Design. Eyck, Jan van, (1390-1440). Wedding portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Jeanne Cenami. Eyck, Jan van, (1390-1440) - Criticism and interpretation. Panel painting, Netherlandish 15th century. Panel painting, Medieval. Genres; Bibliography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Illustrated.