# The Ghent Altarpiece: Adoration of the Lamb \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [EYCK, Jan van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Oil on wood

## Commentary

To left and right, in the foreground, are two processions facing one another. One of these is made up of the Old Testament patriarchs and prophets, and the other of figures from the New Testament. Some of them are kneeling, barefoot.

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- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/annunciation-r4dcb3df0ff4b38>)
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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)