Jef Van der Veken
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Josephus Maria Van der Veken was a Belgian art restorer, copyist, and art forger who mastered the art of reproducing the works of early Netherlandish painters.
Copy of The Just Judges by Jef Van der Veken Saint Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent
The Renders Madonna after its 'restoration' by Jef Van der Veken
Saint Bavo's Cathedral, also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. The 89-metre-tall Gothic building is the seat of the Diocese of Ghent and is named for Sain
Jef Van der Veken
…was kept at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. He interrupted his work during the Second World War and resumed work in 1945, this time in the Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent where the Ghent Altarpiece had been moved to the Vijdtkapel. In order to harmonize his copy with the appearance of the other panels of the…
West façade
Cathedral from the Maaseikplein
Interior
Baroque high altar