any , ▁Italy , ▁who ▁spent ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁in ▁Fland ers , ▁then ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Burg und y , ▁probably ▁always ▁based ▁in ▁Bru ges , ▁a ▁wealth y ▁trad ing ▁city ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁towns ▁of ▁the ▁Burg und ian ▁court . ▁In ▁this ▁time ▁he ▁seems ▁also ▁to ▁have ▁used ▁the ▁f rench ized ▁name ▁of ▁Hern ou lt - le - Fin . ▁ ▁The ▁Arn olf ini ▁were ▁a ▁powerful ▁family ▁in ▁Lu cca , ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁politics ▁and ▁trade ▁of ▁the ▁small ▁but ▁wealth y ▁city , ▁which ▁special ised ▁( like ▁Florence ) ▁in ▁we aving ▁expensive ▁cloth . ▁▁ ▁Giovanni , ▁called ▁here ▁di ▁Nicola o ▁or ▁" son ▁of ▁Nicola o " ▁to ▁distinguish ▁him ▁from ▁his ▁cousin ▁Giovanni ▁di ▁Arr igo ▁Arn olf ini ▁( see ▁below ), ▁moved ▁to ▁Bru ges ▁in ▁Fland ers ▁at ▁an ▁early ▁age ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁business ▁and ▁lived ▁there ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁ ▁He ▁became ▁wealth y ▁trad ing ▁in ▁sil k ▁and ▁other ▁fab rics , ▁t apest ries ▁and ▁other ▁pre cious ▁objects , ▁although ▁in ▁later ▁years ▁he ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁suffered ▁business ▁revers es , ▁and ▁to ▁have ▁retired ▁from ▁trad ing . ▁ ▁His ▁fame ▁ar ises ▁because ▁he ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁likely ▁candidate , ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁male ▁Arn olf in is , ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁two ▁port ra its ▁by