Lieutenant Daniel J. Kern and Karl Sieber examining a panel of the Ghent Altarpiece
Object Details
- Subject
- Kern, Daniel J.
- Sieber, Karl
- Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section
- World War, 1939-1945
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 1 photographic print : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm.
- Summary
- Identification on verso (handwritten): Lt. Kern & Karl Sieber; Alt Aussee; examining the "Lamb" in the salt mine.
Additional identification in a different pen by Thomas Carr Howe: Panel, Adam; the famous Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, one of the, if not the greatest single art treasure of Belgium came to be called, in abbreviation "The Lamb." Full title: "Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", T.C.H. - Citation
- Lieutenant Daniel J. Kern and Karl Sieber examining a panel of the Ghent Altarpiece, 1945. Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1945
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)16212
- Type
- Photographs
- See more items in
- Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Art and war
- Art, Renaissance
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_16212
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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