Kaïn doodt Abel, anonymous, after Lucas van Leyden, in or after 1520 - c. 1583

Title(s)

Kaïn doodt Abel

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-1581

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 12
  Remark: kopie a
• Bartsch 12
  Remark: kopie

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Kaïn met opgeheven stuk kaakbot, Abel op de grond geduwd.

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• after print by: Lucas van Leyden (mentioned on object)

Dating

in or after 1520 - c. 1583

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 110 mm × width 79 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

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Kaïn doodt Abel

• Lucas van Leyden [ : 1 1996], p. 42, cat.nr. 12
• Sytske Weidema, 'Renaissance in de Nederlanden : Jan Gossart', Museum tijdschrift 24 (2011) nr. 2, p. 26-29, afb.