# The Ghent Altarpiece: Eve \(detail\)

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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

At the far left and right of the composition respectively are the figures of Adam and Eve. Light and shadow play delicately over their forms which stand out as though they had been sculpted in the round.

## Related artworks

- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/annunciation-r4dcb3df0ff4b38>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/annunciation-refdcef2c5e1c76>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/crucifixion-r1b8bbefe3f68cd>)
- [Diptych](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/diptych-r1f414e373cc59e>)
- [Last Judgment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/last-judgment-r039a0ec82d975c>)
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- [Man in a Turban \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/man-in-a-turban-detail-re300043143bd65>)
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- [Portrait of a Goldsmith \(Man with Ring\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/portrait-of-a-goldsmith-man-with-ring-r7680d8fd0d0b71>)

## Attribution

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