Restoration of 15th-century painting 'Ghent Altarpiece' that costs USD 2.4 mn goes wrong

A 15th-century Ghent Altarpiece that depicted a painting called The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb has been reportedly botched in an attempt to restore it. The restored painting flashed an altered appearance of the mystical lamb with human-like features, a duck pout and prominent eyes with critical expressions.

The painting, which was created in the year 1550, was reportedly botched by a team in Belgium who took the art restoration in their hands. According to the reports, the restoration project costs about a multi-million dollar, USD 2.4 million approximately and the lamb was a central, metaphorically significant figure in The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb painting.

The Lamb of God is profound symbolism in Christianity and medieval art, and the Ghent Altarpiece is a unique masterpiece that was initially designed by Jan and Hubert Van Eyck in the year 1432, as per the reports.

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The conservation initiative of the art was reportedly commenced by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Belgium that involved overpainting of the piece using microscopes and surgical scalpel. However, according to reports, the humanoid outcome of the sacrificial sheep looking “cartoonish” has left the church members and the scholars in the international committee shocked.

Original work modified beyond belief

Twitter has started an array of comical responses to the restoration work pointing out that the original work has been modified beyond belief. A user joked about the extra pair of ears missing from the new restoration of the lamb, while another called the painting terrifying.

Some users launched hilarious memes related to the artwork. A Twitter account in the name of ‘Ghent Mystic Lamb’ was created to share lamb jokes, the bio read, “I am looking at you and I am judging you. I follow no one.”

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