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St George comes home: World-famous altarpiece resplendent


St George comes home: World-famous altarpiece resplendent
A picture taken on April 23, 2021, at the Art & History Museum in Brussels shows the restored original altarpiece of Saint-George (1493) by Flemish Northern renaissance sculptor Jan Borman. Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP.
BRUSSELS
.- After three years of research and restoration, Jan II Borman s iconic Saint George Altarpiece (1493) resides resplendently once again in the Art & History Museum in Brussels. The interdisciplinary research, in collaboration with the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels), led to unexpected discoveries and provided answers to age-old mysteries. Thus, after almost two centuries, the magnificently carved sculpture groups were put back in their correct original positions within the meticulously restored monumental masterpiece. This project has been made possible thanks to the King Baudouin Foundation (Fonds René and Karin Jonckheere). ....

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