The Ghent Alliance Imagine just two artists and one patron involved in the world-famous Ghent Altarpiece. Albeit this is impossible. The lack of documents is not an excuse in the case of the evidence of photographic images.The author proceeds through the WYSIWYG method. This basis proves efficient as the way of painting is accurate, precise, and honest. The historical checks and balances reveal a prolific story of a dynamic community of artists.