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Ghent Altarpiece (closed)
Jan van Eyck
1432
Oil on panel, 375 x 260 cm
Ghent, Cathedral of St Bavo
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| | | Zachariah and angel: 162.5 x 69.1 cm (173 x 83.5 cm)
Sibyl and window: 204.8 x 33 cm (218.2 x 45.9 cm)
Sibyl and washbowl: 204.5 x 32.3 cm (218.4 x 45.2 cm)
Michael and Virgin: 161.5 x 69.5 cm (173.5 x 83.4 cm)
Jodocus Vyd: 145.7 x 51 cm (157.4 x 64.6 cm)
St John the Baptist: 146 x 51.8 cm (157.3 x 63.9 cm)
St John the Evangelist: 146.4 x 52.6 cm (157.2 x 64.5 cm)
Vyd's wife: 145.8 x 50.7 cm (157 x 64.6 cm)
Inscription on the lower frame: PICTOR HUBERTUS EEYCK. MAIOR QUO NEMO REPERTUS INCEPIT. PONDUS. QUE JOHANNES ARTE SECUNDUS (FRATER) PERFECIT. JUDOCI VIJD PRECE FRETUS VERSUS SEXTA MAI VOS COLLOCAT ACTA TUERI (1432).
(Hubert van Eyck, the greatest among the artists, began this (work). His brother Jan van Eyck, the second best in art, finished this exacting piece of work at the request of Jodocus Vyd. With these verses he put under your protection what he had finished on 6 May (1432).)
This text was written by someone from the circle of Joos Vijd.
Inscription at Prophet Zacharia:
SACHARIAS. PROPHETA.
EXULTA SATIS FILIA SYO(N) JUBILA ECCE REX TUUS VE(N)IT.
Inscription at Sibyl of Eritrea:
NIL MORTALE SONA(N)S AFFLATA... ES NUMINE CELSO. (Vergilius, Eneida 6, 50-51)
Inscription at Cumaean Sibyl:
REX A(LTISSIMUS) ADVE(N)IET P(ER) SEC(U)LA FUTUR(US) SCI(LICET) I(N) CARN(E)./ MEIAPAROS.
Inscription at Prophet Michael:
MICHEAS P(RO)PHETA
EX TE EGREDIETUR QUI SIT DOMINATOR IN ISR(AE)L (Michael, 5, 2).
Inscription on Adoration:
AVE GRACIA PLENA D(OMI)N(U)S TECU(M)
ECCE ANCILLA D(OMI)NI (Luke 1, 28-38).
Inscription in codex: ...ideo / ...propter / ...Dilig / ...dicit sapiens: ut possim edificare / Numquid... / Hic implicit liber de virtutibus dei / Prologus iste est ad... / De visione Dei / Magna efficacia... / Osee... preparatio.
Inscription at St John the Baptist:
S(ANCTUS) IOH(ANN)ES BAP(TIS)TA
Inscription at St John the Evangelist:
S(ANCTUS) IOH(ANN)ES EWAN(GELIS)TA
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