The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck

Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces. Each episode of Moving Pictures is devoted to a single artwork – and you’re invited to look as well as listen, by following a link to a high-resolution image made by Google Arts & Culture. Zoom in and you can see the pores of the canvas, the sweep of individual brushstrokes, the shimmer of pointillist dots.

It’s all bling this episode as we visit a wealthy merchant and his wife in 15th-century Bruges. The stars of The Arnolfini Portrait are keen to let us know they’re doing well - dressed in their Sunday best and surrounded by luxurious objects, including some casually scattered (and very expensive) oranges. But it’s the possible presence of Jan van Eyck himself that really intrigues – has this most mischievous of artists painted himself into the room?

To see the high-resolution image of the painting made by Google Arts & Culture, visit www.bbc.co.uk/movingpictures. Scroll down and follow the link to explore The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck.

Interviewees: Hugo van der Velden, Emma Capron, Susan Foister, Nicholas Flory and Leah Kharibian.

Producer and presenter: Cathy FitzGerald

Executive producer: Sarah Cuddon
Mix engineer: Mike Woolley
Art history consultant: Leah Kharibian

A White Stiletto production for BBC Radio 4

Image credit: NG186. Jan van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434. Oil on wood, 82.2 x 60 cm, The National Gallery. Photo © The National Gallery, London