The Deësis

Hubert and Jan van Eyck
Finished 1432
Oil on panel
from the Ghent Altarpiece

The altarpiece as a whole deals with the Last Judgment, which is the occasion for the supplications that Mary and John the Baptist are here seen addressing to Christ, in a papal crown signifying his role as High Priest.

Comments on the altarpiece from the Metropolitan Museum, New York

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