ID: 700009606 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009606	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Ghent Altarpiece, The (painting (visual work); Hubert van Eyck, completed by Jan van Eyck; completed 1432)

Note: Iconography, panels closed: Prophets Zaccariah and Micah with the Erythrean and Cumaean Sibyls (top); Annunciation (middle); SS John the Baptist and John the Evangelist with donors Jodocus Vijd and Elisabeth Borluut (bottom). Open, Christ in Majesty, Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Adam and Eve, and other subjects.

Titles:

Ghent Altarpiece, The (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Het Lam Gods (C,U,Dutch,U,U)

Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

altarpiece [300075940]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, religious visual works)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: completed 1432

Creator Display:

Hubert van Eyck, completed by Jan van Eyck [preferred]

Eyck, Hubert van (Netherlandish painter, died 1426) [500013023]

Eyck, Jan van (Netherlandish painter, ca.1390-1441) [500116209]

Locations:

Current: Term Not Found (ULAN Candidate) (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: oil on panel

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: 3.65×4.87 m (wings open)

Cultures:

Flemish (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Christ in Majesty [901001149]
	.....((Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Lamb of God [901001026]
	.....((Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Adamo ed Eva [901000816]
	.....((Old Testament narratives, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Adoration of the Sacrament [901000877]
	.....((Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	location is .... Saint Bavo Cathedral [700009607]
	..........cathedral (work by context); unknown Flemish architect; construction began 1274, on th...; Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaams Gewest, België, Europe, Wo...;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Ghent Altarpiece, The	........ [VP]
	........ Janson, History of Art (1971) 286 ff
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-) "Eyck, van family," accessed 19 May 2019
Het Lam Gods	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
Adoration of the Mystic Lamb	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-) "Eyck, van family," accessed 19 May 2019