Altarpiece of Ghent Church-Sized Triptych Reproduction

About the Original PaintingCompleted in 1432 by Dutch painter Jan Van EyckOfficially titled Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.”Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece is on any art historian’s list of the ten most important paintings ever made. It is also the most frequently stolen artwork of all time. Since its completion in 1432, this twelve-panel oil painting has been looted in three different wars, burned, dismembered, forged, smuggled, censored, hidden, attacked by iconoclasts, hunted by the Nazis and Napoleon, used as a diplomatic tool, ransomed, rescued by Austrian double-agents, and stolen a total of thirteen times.”-From Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World’s Most Coveted MasterpieceConsidering all the famous artwork made during the Renaissance, Ghent Altarpiece ranks on any short list of the best Renaissance art – and it is also one of the most significant religious works in the entirety of art history.Called Ghent Altarpiece due to its