Kaïn doodt Abel, Jan Gossart, 1523 - 1527

Title(s)

Kaïn doodt Abel

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1892-A-17346

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 4

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228a
• inscription: ‘J. A. Boerner 1829. 15C2.’

Artist

• print maker: Jan Gossart

Place

Low Countries

Dating

1523 - 1527

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 302 mm × width 226 mm

What

• 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

Acquisition

purchase Aug-1892

Copyright

Public domain

• Kunst voor de beeldenstorm, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, p. 124-125, cat.nr. 7
• Jan Gossaert genaamd Mabuse, Henri Pauwels
• Nederlandsche houtsneden 1500-1550, Wouter Nijhoff, p. 37, cat.nr. 175
• H. Leeflang, De kunst van de houtsnede, Even zeldzaam als onovertroffen, in: Kunstschrift 3 (2009), p. 41, afb. 44