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Artist/Creator (1)	Eyck, Jan van (ca.1390-1441)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	Netherlandish
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, painter
Artist/Creator (2)	Eyck, Hubert van (born ca. 1366 or ca. 1375/1385. Died 1426)
Artist/Creator (2).Nationality	Netherlandish
Artist/Creator (2).Role	artist
Title/Caption	Ghent Altarpiece
Date of Work	1423-1432
Description of View	[Open. Right wing. Top level, outermost panel (Eve)] Detail view of Eve from the top right wing.
Notes	Restored to St. Bavo Cathedral. 12 panels comprise the polyptych. The altarpiece has two tiers, each with four hinged wings. When closed for weekday Masses and in Lent , it represents the moment of the Incarnation, depicted as an Annunciation. On the lower tier Vijd and his wife (donors) are shown with SS. John the Baptist and the Evangelist, painted in grisaille. When the upper tier was open on ordinary Sundays, it showed Christ, the Virgin and St John the Baptist. When the retable was fully opened for a major feast, these figures presided over a paradisical scene below of the Adoration of the Lamb.
Technique/Process	painting
Materials/Medium	oil on panels
Dimensions	Overall, with wings fully open: 3.65 x 4.87 m. Overall, with wings closed: 350 x 223 cm.
Period	Renaissance
Century	15th Century
Style of Work	Northern Renaissance, Netherlandish Renaissance
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Ghent (Belgium)
Location.Current Repository	Sint-Baafskathedraal te Gent [Saint-Bavon; Saint Bavo Cathedral]
Related Persons	Artist/Creator (1): name also appears as Van Eyck, Jan and Eyck, Johannes van. Artist/Creator (2): name also appears as Eijck, Hubert van. Forename also as Hubrecht, Lubrecht and Huibert.
Subject	Painting, Netherlandish Painting, Renaissance Painting, 15th Century Religious art Altarpieces Polyptychs Figures, female Nudes, female
Reference Number	Bridgeman Art Library 023263
Collection Title	Painting (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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