----------------------------Original message---------------------------- actually, there are people reflected in the convex mirror between Arnolfini and his bride. If the two people in the mirror are being counted, then there are four figures (five if you count the dog). If the dog is being counted, and not the people in the mirror, there are three. Maybe the unborn child? However, the painting is loaded with religious allusions, so I don't think it should count. Alita A. Vogel Library Assistant Cincinnati Art Museum -----Original Message----- From: Caroline M. Bordinaro [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 8:08 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: ARLIS-L Digest - 15 May 2001 to 16 May 2001 (#2001-92) The dog? LOL! I guess it counts - she never said three people, only three figures. > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 16:03:09 EDT > From: Linda <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Famous works of art that include 3 figures > > Does the Arnolfini Wedding count? > Linda Bien, Adjunct Slide Librarian in Charge of Research Collections > Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada > [log in to unmask] 514 848-4690 > > ------------------------------ Caroline M. Bordinaro, MLIS Art/Music/Sports Bibliographer Shatford Library Pasadena City College phone: 626/585-7828 fax: 626/585-7913 Each of us must come to care about everyone else's children. We must recognize that the well being of our own children is intimately linked to the well being of all other people's children. After all, when one of our children needs life-saving surgery, someone else's child will perform it. When one of our children is harmed by violence, someone else's child will commit it. The good life for our own children can be secured only if it is also secured for all other people's children. But to work for the well-being of all children is not just a practical matter -- it is also right! -- Lilian G. Katz, Ph.D. Director, ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]