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EYCK, Jan van: The Ghent Altarpiece: Adoration of the Lamb

🖼 The Ghent Altarpiece: Adoration of the Lamb, 1425-29
Oil on wood
137.7 × 242.3 cm
Gent, Belgium

Jeweled light bathes a vast celestial vision where thousands of figures converge toward a sacrificial lamb on an altar. This monumental polyptych revolutionized Northern European art through its luminous oil technique and theological complexity, becoming an iconic masterpiece of Flemish devotion.

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E. H. Gombrich
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