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The Ghent Altarpiece: Angels playing music
Jan van Eyck1432
Lukas - Art in Flanders
Gent, Belgium
The angelic musicians do not wear copes, but tunics, possibly to leave their hands free.
Alone among the musicians, the organist (possibly St Cecilia) wears an ermine-trimmed robe of dazzling splendour.
Like God's sceptre, the organ pipes and the hundreds of jewels leave the viewer open-mouthed at the technical brilliance with which the artist(s) represented physical reality.
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- Title: The Ghent Altarpiece: Angels playing music
- Creator: Hubert and Jan Van Eyck
- Date Created: 1432
- Location: Saint Bavo's cathedral Ghent
- Type: Painting
- Original Source: http://www.lukasweb.be/en/photo/the-ghent-altarpiece-open-70
- Rights: Saint Bavo's cathedral © www.lukasweb.be - Art in Flanders vzw
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