Ghent Altarpiece
The Ghent Altarpiece: The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (interior view), painted 1432
The Ghent Altarpiece (completed 1432) is a very large and complex polyptych in the Joost Vijd chapel at Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium. It was executed by Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
The altarpiece consists of two rows of many panels, most of which painted on both sides. The upper row on the front shows Christ the King flanked by the Virgin Mary and St John the Baptist. The insides of the wings represent Musician and Singing Angels, and Adam and Eve. The central part of the lower row shows the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.
The original lower left panel know as The Just Judges was stolen in 1934. The original panel has never been found and has been replaced by a copy made in 1945 by Jef Vanderveken.
See also: Early Renaissance painting