Posted on 01/22/2020 8:19:59 AM PST by Red Badger
"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 restored to its former glory.
And they were right -- commentators have been left speechless by one particular aspect of the newly revealed painting.
The latest panel of the "Ghent Altarpiece," a large work by Hubert and Jan van Eyck, was unveiled in December as part of an ongoing project to restore the painting to its original design.
The painting -- also known as "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb" -- depicts a lamb, representing Jesus, being sacrificed on an altar.
And it's this holy lamb that's giving viewers nightmares.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I’m wondering what the artist was doing with the four groups of people. That group in the lower left seems pretty angry with that group in the lower right.
I am not sure, but, the group on the LEFT seems to represent MUSLIMS, JEWS, HERETICS, BLASPHEMERS and WEALTHY people, and other assorted ‘sinners’.....................
But that’s just my guess.................
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