Format:
XIV, [4] Bl
,
Ill
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781586488000
Content:
Presents a history of the world's most pilfered masterpiece--Jan van Eyck's "Ghent Alterpiece," treasured for its central panel, "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb"--which has been looted in three wars, burned, forged, smuggled, hunted by the Nazis, and stolen thirteen times
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Prologue. The wolves and the Lamb -- The mysteries of the masterpiece -- The magician in the red turban -- The burning of the Lamb -- Thieves of revolution and empire -- Illicit collectors' paradise -- The canon hides the Lamb -- Thieves in the cathedral -- History's greatest treasure hunt -- Raising the buried treasure -- Epilogue. Hidden in plain sight?
Language:
English
Keywords:
Eyck, Jan van 1390-1441 Genter Altar
;
Eyck, Jan van 1390-1441 Genter Altar
;
Kunstdiebstahl
;
Geschichte 1550-1945
Author information:
Charney, Noah 1979-
