Presents a history of the world's most pilfered masterpiece--Jan van Eyck's "Ghent Alterpiece," trea
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English Pages xiv, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color Year 2010
Table of contents :
Prologue. The wolves and the Lamb --
The mysteries of the masterpiece --
The magician in the red turban --
The burning of the Lamb --
Thieves of revolution and empire --
Illicit collectors' paradise --
The canon hides the Lamb --
Thieves in the cathedral --
The world's greatest treasure hunt --
Raising the buried treasure --
Epilogue. Hidden in plain sight?