Another Striking Micah Image, from the Ghent Altarpiece

The posting of the image of Micah yesterday (click here) reminded me of one of my favorite Micah depictions, the one in the Ghent Altarpiece. For an introduction to this altarpiece, click here. The work was commissioned by a wealthy merchant and financier named Joost Vijdt, and was begun by Hubert van Eyck, who died in 1426 before the piece was finished. It was completed by his younger brother Jan van Eyck. The Micah image is on the back panels, on the top upper right when the panels are viewed closed. It is particularly appropriate now in Advent season, since Micah looks down from his lunette on the fulfillment of his prophecy of a Messiah to be born in Bethlehem.