The Ultimate Art Challenge: Identify These Famous Paintings From A Tiny Fragment

What famous painting includes this ingenious background detail?

Retry Correct Incorrect Jan van Eyck’s landmark painting The Arnolfini Portrait remains acclaimed not only due to its realistic depictions of a pair of wealthy newlyweds but also due to the curiosity its fine, mysterious details inspire. Most impressively, we can see here that van Eyck remembered to depict the couple’s reflection in the mirror behind them.

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Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

What famous painting includes this ingenious background detail?

• Diego Velázquez – Las Meninas
• John Constable – The Hay Wain
• Hans Holbein the Younger – The Ambassadors
• Jan van Eyck – The Arnolfini Portrait