Secret Masterpiece Hidden Under Jan van Eyck's 'Arnolfini Portrait' 😲 | National Gallery

Discover the astounding masterpiece hidden beneath van Eyck’s famous ‘Arnolfini Portrait’. Using infrared reflectography, Rachel Billinge explains aspects of the artist’s meticulous underdrawing for the work and some of the fascinating secrets it reveals.

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