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Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece is on any art historian's set of the 10 most significant paintings available. Often referred to by the subject of its central -panel, the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, it symbolizes the fulcrum between your Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Additionally it is the most regularly stolen artwork ever. Since its conclusion in 1432, this 12--panel engine oil painting has been looted in three different wars, burned up, dismembered, forged, smuggled, illegally sold, censored, covered, attacked by iconoclasts, hunted by the Nazis and Napoleon, used as a diplomatic tool, ransomed, rescued by Austrian double-agents, and taken a total of 13 times. Within this fast-paced, real-life thriller, art historian Noah Charney unravels the tales of each of the thefts. Along the way, he illuminates the whole fascinating record of art crime and the psychological, ideological, religious, politics, and interpersonal motivations which may have led many men to covet this one masterpiece most importantly others.
