God spreekt tot Kain die bij dode lichaam van Abel staat, Christoforo di Michele Robetta, 1480 - 1535

Title(s)

God spreekt tot Kain die bij dode lichaam van Abel staat

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-1882

Catalogue reference

• Hind (Italy) 7
• The Illustrated Bartsch 7

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

God spreekt tot Kain die naast dode lichaam van Abel staat. Opmerkelijk is de weergave van Abel's lichaam in een sterk verkort perspectief.

Artist

• print maker: Christoforo di Michele Robetta
• after own design by: Christoforo di Michele Robetta

Place

Italy

Dating

1480 - 1535

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 173 mm × width 137 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

• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 25, p. 533, cat.nr. 7
• Early Italian engraving : a critical catalogue with complete reproduction of all the prints described, Arthur Mayger Hind, dl. 1, p. 200, cat.nr. 7