The Offering of Cain and Abel
1576
Artist, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600
Publisher, Dutch, 1586/1587 - 1652

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 20.5 × 28 cm (8 1/16 × 11 in.)
sheet: 21.5 × 28.7 cm (8 7/16 × 11 5/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.209.4
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 47, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ramon Osuna, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge
Inscriptions
lower left in image: Michael de / coxcij inv; CIVisscher excud.; JSadeler fecit; lower right in image: 1; lower center in plate: Munera grata Deus iusti respexit Abelis, Ruricolaeque nihil uoata precesque putat. Genes. Cap. 4 Ver. 3.
Watermarks
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