History, art

History’s Most Stolen Art Piece

The Ghent Altarpiece

The twelve interior panels of The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck
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Have you ever seen an exemplary artwork going through a series of misfortunes? The Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb is a classic example of art heist history has ever witnessed.

This renaissance masterpiece was burned during the Calvinist iconoclasm, dismembered, stolen by Napolean…