The Offering of Cain and Abel, 1576

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series Title

History of Cain and Abel

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 20.5 × 28 cm (8 1/16 × 11 in.)

sheet: 21.5 × 28.7 cm (8 7/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ramon Osuna

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 47, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2018.209.4

Artists / Makers

Jan Sadeler I (artist) Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Michiel Coxie I (artist after) Flemish, 1499-1592

Claes Jansz Visscher (publisher) Dutch, 1586/1587 - 1652

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

Provenance

Ramon Osuna, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Osuna Galleries

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