The marriage portrait

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The author of Hamnet—New York Times best seller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner—brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court. "O’Farrell pulls out little threads of historical As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Paid link #ad

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Known also as the Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, Arnolfini Double Portrait, or Arnolfini Marriage, Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait has undergone extensive debate and study. Read on for its complicated history.

Nineteenth century marriage manuals covered a range of topics, including domestic economy, conjugal duties, and submission to one’s husband.

Before the revolution, before the war, when the Romanov's celebrated a dynastic marriage, there was much extravagant traditio...