Lamb of (oh my) God: disbelief at `alarmingly humanoid` restoration of Ghent altarpiece
(The Guardian World News)

Painstaking operation to return Adoration of the Lamb to its former glory has left many speechlessA restoration of one of the world´s most famous paintings has been described as `a shock for everybody` after it revealed a depiction of a sheep with extremely human-like eyes.The Ghent Altarpiece, completed by Hubert and Jan van Eyck in 1432, is a 15th-century masterpiece in St Bavo´s Cathedral in Belgium, widely considered to be the first major artwork to use oil paint. Continue reading...