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

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.Uh, so apparently they restored the Ghent Altarpiece and pic.twitter.com/JljwfEZlzuTherapist: The uncovered face of the Lamb of God in the Ghent Altarpiece isn`t real. It can`t hurt you.The uncovered face of the Lamb of God in the Ghent Altarpiece: pic.twitter.com/RBmm48wN0w pic.twitter.com/XDZyaGxMe1What people think the past was like vs what the past was really like: https://t.co/GMSujtYQipthe lamb of the ghent altarpiece was a mistake and whoever painted over it was right to do so https://t.co/omRu9ieCfn Continue reading...