het Lam Gods: Paneel Eva detail van De broedermoord van Kaïn op zijn jongere broer Abel

The Ghent Altarpiece: panel Eve detail Kain murders his younger brother Abel

Jan van Eyck; Hubert van Eyck

Collection

Sint-Baafskathedraal Gent

Location

Sint-Baafskathedraal Gent

Photographer

Hugo Maertens

License

Contractuele beperkingen

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Two pieces of imitation sandstone sculpture appear above Adam and Eve. These reliefs illustrate the first consequence of the couple's sin Cain's murder of his younger brother Abel. They serve as another symbol of the tragic history of humankind which has suffered so much from fraticidal violence.

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The Ghent Altarpiece: panel Eve detail Kain murders his younger brother Abel

Photo number

0010009001

Inventory number

426

PID

4x54f3bw7p

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Please mention this source: The Ghent Altarpiece: panel Eve detail Kain murders his younger brother Abel, by Jan van Eyck; Hubert van Eyck, collection Sint-Baafskathedraal Gent, artinflanders.be, photo: Hugo Maertens, Contractuele beperkingen.