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Is This The World's Most Coveted Painting?

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The Ghent Altarpiece, or <em>Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, </em>completed in 1432 by Jan van Eyck, is considered the first great painting of the Renaissance. <strong><a href=&quot;http://media.npr.org/assets/news/2010/12/25/ghent-altarpiece-custom-enlarge.jpg&quot;>Click here to see a larger version of the piece.</a></strong> (Hubert Eyck/The Bridgeman Art Library/Getty Images)
The Ghent Altarpiece, or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, completed in 1432 by Jan van Eyck, is considered the first great painting of the Renaissance. Click here to see a larger version of the piece. (Hubert Eyck/The Bridgeman Art Library/Getty Images)

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