# The Ghent Altarpiece: Angels Playing Music \(detail\)

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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

The musical angels depicted in the upper two pictures emphasize the solemnity of the glorification. Their ornamental clothes, painted with painstaking detail, and their natural appearance increase the power of this tremendous vision.

## 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>)