The Lamb of God by the Van Eyck brothers
On the altar cloth, under the Lamb of God’s by the van Eyck brothers, Ghent’s famous altarpiece, it reads written: Ecce Agnus Dei, QuiTollit Peccata Mundi (Behold the Lamb of God,who takes away the sins of the world). Through the forgiveness of one’s sins, you get the opportunity to start over, a chance to be able to be yourself change. But are there also things that are not renewable in this way and a truly personal sacrifice desire? This question shot through my mind when I went to see this altarpiece recently.

Discovery during restoration of Lamb of God
During years of restoration, it was found that the Lamb of God’s self had been largely painted over. A very different lamb emerged. This lamb looks at you with an almost human face, direct and very penetrating. It seems to ask That it can only take away sins if you really mean it. Perhaps this confrontational gaze is the reason been from the then overpainting. Own version Lamb of God
I decided to make my own version of the lamb God’s, of a lamb visibly exhausted from this repetitive process. Of the lamb, I used the two elements we cannot consume: the skeleton and the wool. With the wool, I covered the (reproduced) skeletal bones of the lamb and sewed them around it. For the inquiring eyes, following the example of the Lamb God’s by the van Eyck brothers, I used a photograph of my own eyes. I printed the pictures on felt and pinned them on the head of my Lamb God’s like pancakes, like a self-portrait.

With which I still have to face this question first and foremost myself. And maybe afterwards at the visitor can put down.