Kain doodt Abel, Willem Pietersz Buytewech, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1612 - 1613

Title(s)

Kain doodt Abel

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-H-1430

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 1

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 10
• collector's mark: Lugt 11

Description

Kain doodt Abel, het onderschrift is van de prent afgesneden.

Artist

• print maker: Willem Pietersz Buytewech
• after design by: Peter Paul Rubens
• publisher: David de Meyn

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1612 - 1613

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 210 mm × width 167 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

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Willem Buytewech, p. 162, cat.nr. vG 2