Around half of the known works by Flemish master Jan van Eyck will be exhibited in a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition in Belgium next week alongside the newly restored Ghent Altarpiece, one of the most ...

The restoration of a prized 15th-century painting has revealed the human-like face of a lamb, surprising art critics and prompting a debate online. The Ghent Altarpiece, which was completed in 1432 ...

State-of-the-art security allows visitors to get closer than ever to Jan van Eyck's breathtaking miniatures and masterpieces in a blockbuster exhibition in Ghent that reunites his best works. The ...

“There are no words to express the result” was the beaming reaction of Belgium’s Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, after a 15th-century masterpiece – painted over shortly after completion – was ...

Over the last eight years, conservationists have been meticulously restoring the famed Ghent altarpiece housed in Belgium’s St Bavo’s Cathedral. With the help of several advanced imaging techniques, ...

Not long ago, I went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to visit a particular painting and found the work gone. The guard in the gallery didn’t know where it was, and the museum’s website offered no ...

The Ghent Altarpiece, also known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, is a masterpiece of European art and considered one of the world’s most cherished treasures. Commonly regarded as the first major ...