Left Wing of a Triptych: Donor Matelief Dammasz and St Paul St. Athanasius showed an idealized view of

showed an idealized view of Russian life of prior centuries

a consultant to the Louvre and the British Museum as well as the leading collectors and connoisseurs in Milan and Europe as a whole

John Bosco relates it as follows:

This is the center panel of the Ghent Altarpiece showing an altar on which the Lamb of God is positioned

The image was cleaned and restored by the Vatican Museum in 2018

Left Wing of a Triptych: Donor Matelief Dammasz and St Paul St. Athanasius showed an idealized view ofAn excellent portrait of St. Paul pictured here with the donor of the image. Maerten van Heemskerck was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian influenced style. He spent years in Italy. He produced many designs for engravers, and is especially known for his depictions of the Wonders of the World