Which Flemish artist painted the lovely but enigmatic Arnolfini Portrait (1434)?

Van Eyck's masterpiece has confounded art historians for centuries. What ceremony or event is being depicted? Why is it set in a bed chamber (decked out in racy red!)? What the heck are the dog, candle, orange, beads, hand gestures and kicked-off shoes supposed to symbolize? And above all: Who in the heck is reflected in the mirror?

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