# The Ghent Altarpiece: The Offering of Abel and Cain

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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, width 37 cm

## Commentary

The scene at top of the niche containing the figure of Adam depicts in grisaille the Offering of Abel and Cain. The scene prefigures both the sacrifice of Christ and the Eucharist.

## 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>)
- [Madonna and Child at the Fountain](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/madonna-and-child-at-the-fountain-rc37fc231166719>)
- [Madonna in the Church \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/madonna-in-the-church-detail-r2ddb0bd6a2a05e>)
- [Madonna in the Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/madonna-in-the-church-ra0b871fbe66a04>)
- [Madonna with the Child Reading](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/madonna-with-the-child-reading-r403fb9b380d701>)
- [Man in a Turban \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/man-in-a-turban-detail-re300043143bd65>)
- [Man in a Turban](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eyck-jan-van-rc17c73003cc97a/man-in-a-turban-rec18a218998d5c>)
- [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>)