Resumen de A response to Hugo van der Velden, "The quatrain of "The Ghent altarpiece"
The author responds to the essay "The quatrain of 'The Ghent altarpiece,'" by Hugo van der Velden, and discusses the authenticity of the inscription, or quatrain, appearing on the 15th-century Flemish painting the Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. The author suggests that the quatrain is not authentic due to its inclusion of the artists' names before the name of the patron Joos Vijd. The author describes other concerns about the authenticity of the quatrain, including its use of hexameter, 1495 travel notes about the altarpiece by Hieronymus Münzer, and the color of the chronograms in the inscription. The author also discusses the 1435 donation of the altarpiece by Joos Vijd and questions about the dating of the altarpiece.
