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Stealing the Mystic Lamb

The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece

by Noah Charney

Cover of Stealing the Mystic Lamb

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.

Art theftsEyck, jan van, 1386-1440Art, belgianArt criticism