The Mirror (1900) by William Orpen (1878-1931). Aside from the Arnolfini Portrait itself, this was perhaps my favourite picture in the exhibition. Whilst the mirror clearly pays homage to the Arnolfini, the highly mannered, medieval-inspired drama of the Pre-Raphaelites has been dropped and we are left with a charming domestic portrait that seems to me much trier to the spirit of Arnolfini than some of the tortured posturing in between.
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