het Lam Gods: detail uit Paneel Johannes de Doper
PID
h98z90st6d

The Ghent Altarpiece: panel John The Baptist detail

By
Jan van Eyck; Hubert van Eyck
Photographer
Hugo Maertens

About this artwork

In the book that rests on the knees of John the Baptist we make out the word CONSOLAMINI (take comfort) which begins a prophecy in the Book of Isaiah that was interpreted in the gospels as a reference to John the Baptist.

The Ghent Altarpiece: panel John The Baptist detail
Photo number
0010007005
Inventory number
426
The Ghent Altarpiece: panel John The Baptist detail
Photo number
0010007005
Inventory number
426
The Ghent Altarpiece: panel John The Baptist detail
Photo number
0010007005
Inventory number
426

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