Article 5FS7M Ghent Altarpiece: 'most stolen' artwork gets €30m glass case

Ghent Altarpiece: 'most stolen' artwork gets €30m glass case

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Daniel Boffey in Brussels
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Masterpiece painted in 1432 in St Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent reopens in new home described as perfect'

One of the world's greatest masterpieces, and surely the most stolen piece of art of all time, Hubert and Jan van Eyck's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, has a new 30m (26m) glass-case home.

While remaining within St Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, for which it was painted in 1432 by the Van Eyck brothers, the 12-panelled polyptych will be located in the Sacrament chapel, the cathedral's largest and most easterly chapel, within a bullet-proof display case measuring 6-metres high by 100 metres.

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