# The Ghent Altarpiece: Adam \(detail\)

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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

There is a passionate interest in facial expression and in character, an instance of this is the difference in treatment between the supernatural figures \(God the Father and the Virgin\) and those of Adam and Eve who appear as figures from another world, physically as well as spiritually.

## 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>)