Cain strikes Abel down with a piece of wood. Abel's smoking sacrifice can be seen in the background. The print is part of a 53-part series of prints after paintings by Titian and Veronese.
| Artist |
Valentin Lefèbvre
RKD
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Titian
RKD
VIAF
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Jacobus van Campen
RKD
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| Title | Cain and Abel |
| Date | 1682 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
etching
AAT
reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 2015-JN-3 |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-JN-3 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/9012/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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25H11
mountains
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25H112 rocks Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 33B14 threatening behaviour, challenging Iconclass 41B1 open fire (in general) Iconclass 41B162 smoke Iconclass 42G2221 brothers (second degree family relationships) Iconclass 44G51 crime Iconclass 44G511 murderer Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 55C221 Sacrifice Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71A Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve Iconclass 71A82 the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon Iconclass 71A821 Abel's death Iconclass |
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