Cain Killing Abel, 1576

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series Title

History of Cain and Abel (plate 2)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 20.5 × 27.6 cm (8 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

sheet: 21 × 27.8 cm (8 1/4 × 10 15/16 in.), trimmed within platemark on left

Credit Line

Gift of Ramon Osuna

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 48, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2018.209.5

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

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Inscription

lower left in image: M. Coxcij in.; JSadelaer fecit.; CIVisscher excu.; lower right in image: 2; lower center in plate: Invidia fratrem Cainus morte necat hic A mittitque truci caede salutis iter. Genes. Ca. 4. V. 8.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 4380

Provenance

Ramon Osuna, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2019.

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: no. 48 ii/ii