Girl in a Green Gown: The History and Mystery of the Arnolfini Portrait by Carola Hicks ISBN 13: 9780701183370

Paperback. Very Good.

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… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London : Chatto & Windus, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiv, 256p., [12]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 23cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index. Subjects: Eyck, Jan van (1390-1440) ; Wedding portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Jeanne Cenami. Panel painting, Medieval. Dutch painters, 15th century.

Chatto & Windus, 2011. Hardcover. New. 272 pages. 8.74x6.34x1.02 inches.