1432Installed 6 May 1432 · Ghent
The Ghent Altarpiece (Adoration of the Mystic Lamb)
The brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck painted the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb for a chapel in what is now St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent. Its detail and glowing oil colour made it a model for European painting. Its panels were later taken to Paris, sold to Prussia, seized by the Nazis and stolen; the Just Judges panel, taken in 1934, is still missing.
Sites
- Site 1: St Bavo's CathedralThe restored altarpiece, on show in the church it was painted for.Map ↗
- Site 2: MSK, Museum of Fine Arts GhentMuseum where the panels were restored from 2012; Flemish masters on display.Map ↗
- Site 3: Groeningemuseum, BrugesJan van Eyck's Madonna with Canon van der Paele and other Flemish Primitives.Map ↗
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