Fashion reconstructed: the dress in Van Eyck's Arnolfini portrait Art UK Where Five Valleys Meet: The Arnolfini Portrait Daily Dose of Europe: Van Eyck's "Arnolfini Wedding" Sometimes dubbed The Shotgun Wedding (for the bride's seemingly pregnant state), this painting depicts a well heeled Italian businessman and his wife in their upscale The identity of this pregnant woman is not known, but her elaborate clothing suggests she was wealthy and upper class. The pearls on her outfit are symbols of 'purity'. Huge importance was Hello March Apparently we're starting this month in emerald everything. Maternity. Beauty. Goddess energy. It doesn't matter the session we're stepping into this month glowing, bold, and elevated. Green means growth