1425-29 Oil on wood, width 37 cm Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent 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. , EYCK, Jan van , The Ghent Altarpiece: The Offering of Abel and Cain , 1401-1450 , Flemish , painting , religious
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