After eight years of intense restoration, the altarpiece of “The Mystic Lamb”, one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of painting, has finally returned to its original splendour. At the end of 2020, it will be exhibited again in Ghent, Belgium, in the church where it was presented almost six hundred years ago, on 6 May 1432. Painted by brothers Hubert and Jan Van Eyck, this monumental painting has continued to fascinate the public to this day. It is in particular its revolutionary realism and its infinite wealth of details that never ceases to question us, so much so that their realization seems prodigious for the time. This work is a masterful illustration of the transition from the Middle Ages to our modernity.

Through a spectacular staging of the innumerable images that make up the Mystical Lamb, this documentary offers a real plunge into the world of the Altarpiece. Thanks to an exceptional projection system, the numerous and prestigious specialists from Germany, Belgium, Spain and England will literally find themselves immersed inside the painting. Throughout this exploration, the film will also meet artists such as the famous English painter David Hockney, who will reveal his controversial theories on the Van Eyck masterpiece. Finally, the film will also linger on the contrasting and romantic personalities of Jan and Hubert Van Eyck, the former being recognized as one of the greatest geniuses of painting while the latter remains a ghostly artist forgotten in history books.