Both Giovanni di Arrigo and Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini were Italian merchants, originally from Lucca, but resident in Bruges since at least 1419. The man in this painting is the subject of a further portrait by van Eyck in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, leading to speculation he was a friend of the artist.
I beleive the answer my friend are: Red sticks were a tradition of the Muscogee Creek people. Would you like more info about them..?
At the height of the Great Depression, it was said that about 25% of the labor force was out of work.
Nazis invaded the soviet union in 1941
