The Witcher 3 Easter eggs/Art


 * A virtual Easter egg is an intentional hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, or video game. The term draws a parallel with the custom of the Easter egg hunt.

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Art history

 * During the quest Family Matters, a portrait must be removed from the wall, as there is a hole behind it. This portrait is of the baron and is wife. It bears a striking resemblance to one of the most famous paintings of all time, "Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife," created by Jan van Eyck In 1434.
 * The Passiflora has images on the wall which are edits from paintings by Hans Baldung.
 * During the Quest Cabaret, you encounter a halfling named Henri Rautlec who is supposed to paint posters for the Rosemary and Thyme. He's referencing French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who was very small in stature and also famous for his advertising posters.
 * During the Quest A Portrait of the Witcher as an Old Man, you met a few people relaxing on the grass, while the painter asks them whether they have seen his missing work tools. Their posture closely resembles one of the men and women in Édouard Manet's famous painting "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe".
 * When Geralt is searching for diagrams of the Grandmaster Griffin Gear at Mont Crane Castle, you can see several anatomical drawings by Leonardo da Vinci hanging on the wall.
 * At the same spot, you can also see drawings that belong to a mysterious codex called Voynich manuscript".
 * When Geralt and Anna Henrietta attend a soirée during the quest The Man from Cintra, you have the option to throw paint at a canvas, similar like some proponents of an art movement called 'action painting'.
 * When Geralt visits the emperor, he sees a portrait of Ciri as a young princess that bears some resemblance to the many paintings that Diego Velasquez made of children at the court of Spain's King Philip IV.
 * Brewess, one of the three Crones, is wearing a basket on her face, similar to the people in "The Beekeepers and the Birdnester" by Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
 * There is a fresco in Beauclair which is basically just an edited version of a wall painting called 'La Danza Macabra' from the oratory of San Bernardino in Clusone, Italy (1484).
 * A tapestry in the Kaer Trolde throne room depicts warriors battling the Ice Giant. Its style makes reference to an actual 11th-century artifact, the Bayeux Tapestry, which shows William the Conqueror's successful battles for control over England.
 * There are several allusions to famous paintings in the Hearts of Stone quest Open Sesame!. When Geralt and Vimme Vivaldi meet the art dealer, you can see the following pictures: "Et in Kovir Ego" by N. Boussin (a reference to "Et in Arcadia Ego" by Nicolas Poussin), "The Battle of Anghiari" by V. da Linci (meaning Leonardo da Vinci), "A Vessel Leaving Port" by Z. Burner hints to the many paintings of ships and harbors by the English artist William Turner and the "Still Life" by J. de Varvari points to the Italian master Jacopo de' Barbari. "The Spice Merchant" by E. van der Knoob is probably a reference to Anthony van Dyck's portrait of the spice merchant Cornelis van der Geest. Also, he is wearing the same Headgear, the Chaperon, of Vernon Roche, who, in Witcher 2, introduces himself as a "Spice Merchant". In the auction, there is a picture called "Starry Night over the Pontar" by van Rogh, which is an obvious reference to Vincent van Gogh's painting "Starry Night Over the Rhone".
 * In Beauclair one can also see a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, depicting a bearded old man.
 * If Geralt helps to bring Sara and Johnny together, he can meet them near the Bald Mountain. Then a picture of them will appear in which Johnny closely resembles Ron Mueck's statue 'Boy'.
 * saint denis comparison.jpgg the first time, when Geralt meets Olgierd van Everec, the latter will show Geralt the statue of a nude women and say: "I used to like Votticelli" - a reference to Sandro Botticelli, mostly known for his painting "The Birth of Venus".


 * The statues in Vizima's palace with decapitated heads in their hands are imitations of a statue of Saint Denis at Notre Dame.