| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- The world's greatest treasure hunt -- Raising the buried treasure -- Epilogue. Hidden in plain sight? |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Ghent altarpiece.
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Art thefts -- Belgium -- Ghent.
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| Added Title |
True story of the world's most coveted masterpiece |
| ISBN |
9781586488000 alkaline paper |
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1586488007 alkaline paper |
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