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Adoration of the Lamb
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Adoration of the Lamb

A polyptych altarpiece painted for the cathedral of St Bavo, in Ghent, by the Flemish artists Hubert and Jan van Eyck in 1432. With 20 separate panels, and outer wings that close over the central images, it is one of the greatest works of Flemish art. Its subject matter is complex. The lower register of the interior features The Adoration of the Lamb of God by the Elect; the upper register shows God the Father enthroned between the Virgin and St John the Baptist, angels, and Adam and Eve.

On the lowest level of the exterior, Jodocus Vyd and his wife, the patrons of the altarpiece, kneel in prayer before St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist. Over these figures is an Annunciation, and, at the top, pictures of the prophets and sibyls who foresaw the Virgin Birth.

Each of the polyptych's 20 panels has the same high finish and extraordinary attention to detail. The relative contributions of the two brothers van Eyck remain controversial, though Jan is thought to have painted most of the altarpiece.



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Building upon the undeveloped ideas of Lotte Brand Philip (The Ghent Altarpiece and the Art of Jan van Eyck [1971]), Schlie views the altarpiece as a monumental tabernacle whose interior paintings function as a pictorial pendant to the actual performance of the eucharist at the mensa below.
Heike Schlie. Bilder des Corpus Christi: Sakramentaler Realismus von ... by Smith, Jeffrey Chipps / Renaissance Quarterly
Thus, for example, the fur cuffs of the donors of the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan Van Eck, or the jeweled crowns or the copes of the singing angels, are simply breathtaking in their exactitude.
Sumptuous images by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
At the beginning of Netherlandish painting stands, looming and A mysterious, the Ghent Altarpiece [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 1 OMITTED].
Flemish versus Netherlandish: a discourse of nationalism by Deam, Lisa / Renaissance Quarterly
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