The Ghent Altarpiece, otherwise known as The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, is a painted panel altarpiece created in 1432 for the Vijd Chapel in the church of St. John the Baptist, now St. Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. The work is credited to Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) or Hubert van Eyck or both artists.
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1432The Ghent Altarpiece is completed by the Netherlandish Renaissance artists Jan van Eyck and Hubert van Eyck.
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6 May 1432The famous Ghent Altarpiece, begun by the artist Hubert van Eyck and completed by his brother, Jan van Eyck, is consecrated and installed at the Church of Saint John (present-day Saint Bavo Cathedral), in Ghent, Belgium.
