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van Eyck, Jan [Flemish, 1370?-?1440]


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Title:  The Ghent Altarpiece (back, closed)
Artist:  van Eyck, Jan [Flemish, 1370?-?1440]
Year:  1432
Material:  Oil on wood
Dimensions:  11ft x 15ft (3.5m x 4.6m) opened
Where:  Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium
Notes:  also called the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb or The Lamb of God, Dutch: Het Lam Gods) It was commissioned to Hubert van Eyck, about whom little is known. He was most likely responsible for the overall design, but died in 1426. It seems to have been principally executed and completed by his younger and better known brother Jan van Eyck

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