| The Flanders Panel | |
| Title Orig: | Spanish; Castilian: La tabla de Flandes |
| Translator: | Margaret Jull Costa |
| Author: | Arturo Pérez-Reverte |
| Country: | Spain |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Genre: | Crime novel |
| Publisher: | Alfaguara (First edition), Harcourt Brace & Company (First English edition) |
| Pub Date: | 1990 |
| English Pub Date: | 1994 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages: | 418 |
| Isbn: | 84-204-8079-7 |
| Isbn Note: | (first English edition) |
The Flanders Panel (original Spanish title La tabla de Flandes) is a novel written by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte in 1990, telling of a mystery hidden in an art masterpiece spanning from the 15th century to the present day.
Julia, an art restorer and evaluator living in Madrid, discovers a painted-over message on a 1471 Flemish masterpiece called La partida de ajedrez (The Chess Game) which reads "Quis Necavit Equitem", written in Latin (English: "Who killed the knight?"). The painting appears as the cover of the book in some editions.
With the help of her old friend and father-figure, an antiques dealer named César, and Muñoz, a quiet local chess master, Julia works to uncover the mystery of a 500-year-old murder. At the same time, Julia faces danger of her own, as several people helping her along her search are also murdered.[1]
The 1994 British film Uncovered, starring Kate Beckinsale and John Wood, is a cinematic adaptation of the novel.