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The twelve interior panels. This open view measures 5.2 m × 3.75 m (17.1 ft × 12.3 ft). [1] Closed view, back panels. The Ghent Altarpiece, also called the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (Dutch: De aanbidding van het Lam Gods), [A] is a very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.
The Just Judges, also called The Righteous Judges, is the lower left panel of the Ghent Altarpiece, painted by Jan van Eyck or his brother Hubert Van Eyck between 1430 and 1432. It is believed that the panel shows portraits of several contemporary figures such as Philip the Good , and possibly the artists Hubert and Jan van Eyck themselves.
The Ghent Altarpiece, a 15th-century painting by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. The cathedral is noted for the Ghent Altarpiece, originally in the Joost Vijd Chapel.It is formally known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb after its lower centre panel by Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
Recently Twitter found out that restoration work on the Ghent Altarpiece had warped the lamb's face and incited pandemonium. Internet loses its mind over restoration of famous altarpiece: 'This is ...
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, painted by the brothers Jan and Hubert Van Eyck, was unveiled on Thursday in its new temperature-controlled case at the Cathedral of Saint Bavo in Ghent, for ...
Opened view of the Ghent Altarpiece: Jan van Eyck (1432). There is a different view when the wings are closed. The closed view, back panels. A polyptych (/ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ p t ɪ k / POL-ip-tik; Greek: poly-"many" and ptychē "fold") is a work of art (usually a panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels.
Ghent Altarpiece (1432), as above, closed view with the wings folded in. The word altarpiece, used for paintings, usually means a framed work of panel painting on wood, or later on canvas. In the Middle Ages they were generally the largest genre for these formats. Murals in fresco tend to cover larger surfaces.
The twelve interior panels of the Ghent Altarpiece.This open view measures 11 ft × 15 ft (3.4 m × 4.6 m) Closed view of the Ghent Altarpiece A winged altarpiece (also folding altar) or winged retable is a special form of altarpiece (reredos, occasionally retable), common in Northern and Central Europe, in which the central image, either a painting or relief sculpture (or some combination of ...