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May 6 Ghent Altarpiece
Season 5
Episode 6
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
Description
Its been described as the most stolen piece of art, the first great oil painting of the Northern Renaissance. A complex multi-panelled painting laced with Catholic Theology. Recovered by the famous monuments men in the second world war after Hitler had hid it in a salt mine.