The Mystical Lamb Controversy: Jan Van Eyck Restoration Debate
2023-12-20 15:19:00 Hélène Verougstraete, professor emeritus at UCL/KUL, and Jean-Pierre Coppens, author of A History of the Mystical Lamb, criticize the restorers of the Irpa (Royal Institute of Artistic Heritage) for having removed an “overpainting ” at the top of the central panel believing, wrongly according to them, that it dated from the 16th century … Read more