Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (closed)

Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (closed), 1432, Early Northern Renaissance

1) Depicts the annunciation, signified by Mary's lilies indicating purity, her reading of the Bible, Gabriel, and the dove as the Holy Spirit)

2) Donor portrait of Jodocus Vyd, the mayor of Ghent, and his wife -- the praying figures in the bottom cloaked in red

3) Figures in the top panels are prophets (as indicated by the scrolls) along with Sibyl, who mentioned the coming of a savior while providing oracles and prophecies