The Ghent Altarpiece

Abbey Adam and Eve Adoration allusion alongside altar angels Annunciation appear Bible Biblical history Book of Revelation Brussels Burgundian Cain Cathedral of St centre panel Christian tradition Church of St Churchgoers death Deesis divine divine liturgy donors dressed Duke Eve panels Eve's Father Flanders foreground Ghent Altarpiece God the Father God's Gospel Gothic heavenly Jerusalem hermits Holy Spirit Hubert van Eyck humanity identi identified Isaiah Jan van Eyck Jan's Jesus Christ Jewish Jodocus Vyd John the Baptist John the Evangelist kneeling Knights of Christ Lam Gods Lamb Altarpiece Lamb of God landscape layers of paint liturgy lower register lunette medieval Messiah Micah niches Old Testament painter parish paschal lamb patron saint Philip piece pilgrims redeemer refer retabel robe Salvation scene Sibyl The Prophet sins Sint-Baafskathedraal St Bavo St John story symbol texts theme tion traditionally triptych underdrawing upper register viewer Virgin Mary Vyd Chapel wings