Jan van Eyck - Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434, 82 × 60 cm. This painting was voted #4 in the 2005 BBC Greatest Painting in Britain Poll. This work is a portrait of a rich Italian merchant Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife, but is not intended as a record of their wedding. Although she looks as if she is pregnant, she is in fact wearing a very long dress, holding it up in front of her. The ornate Latin signature on the back wall translates as "Jan van Eyck was here 1434". The mirror reflects two figures in the doorway, one of whom may be the painter himself. Arnolfini raises his right hand as he faces them, perhaps as a greeting.