Frames and supports in 15th and 16th-century Southern Netherlandish painting

introduction XXI be brought together in the 19th century, in a process that was completed in the 20th century. The title Ghent Altarpiece , inaccurate and recent, is acceptable for talking about the masterpiece from the 19th century onwards, but for the centuries before, we prefer to speak of “Ghent altarpieces”, or “Van Eyck’s altarpieces in Ghent” pending clarification of the respective contributions of Hubert and Jan, and the adoption of a terminology more consistent with the subject of each of the two altarpieces.