Altarpiece:
The Ghent altarpiece (opened)
Jan van Eyck 1390 – 1441
oil on panel (350 × 461 cm) — 1432
The Bible in Pictures - The Ghent altarpiece (opened)
John 1:29 - The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
The Ghent Altarpiece with open panels.
Top row, from left to right: Adam; a group of singing angels; the Virgin Mary; God or Christ on his throne; John the Baptist; angels making music; Eve.
Bottom row, from left to right: the Just Judges (a replica of the panel stolen in 1934); Soldiers of Christ; the Adoration of the Lamb; hermits; pilgrims led by Saint Christopher.
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