Kaïn doodt Abel, anonymous, after Hans Sebald Beham, 1530 - 1533

Title(s)

Kaïn doodt Abel
Prima caedes filiorum Adae (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-21.459(R)

Catalogue reference

• Pauli (Hans Sebald Beham) 279
• Hollstein German

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• after design by: Hans Sebald Beham
• publisher: Christian Egenollf

Dating

1530 - 1533

Material

• paper

Technique

letterpress printing

Measurements

height 50 mm × width 70 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

unknown 1994

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Zondeval

• Hans Sebald Beham, F.W.H. Hollstein, Dl. 3, p. 166
• Hans Sebald Beham : ein kritisches Verzeichniss seiner Kupferstiche, Radirungen und Holzschnitte, p. 262, cat.nr. 279