[Sacrifices of Cain and Abel]
Sadeler, Jan, 1550-1600?
Coxcie, Michel, 1499-1592
Jode, Gérard de 1509-1591
print
Print Statement 1
Gerard: de, Iode. excud.
(Antwerp]
1576
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 207 x 277 mm. on sheet 279 x 358 mm.
paper
Latin
Netherlands
In the bottom left corner: "Michael de coxcij inv". Signed in the bottom centre: "Gerard: de, Iode. Excud. Jʃadeler. fecit. 1576". Numbered: "1". In the lower margin: "Munera grata iuʃti reʃpexit Abelis. Ruricolæque nihil uota preceʃque putat. Geneʃ. 4.".
Pr. [9] of: THESAVRVS SACRARVM HISTORIARṼ VETERIS TESTAMẼTI
Biblioteca Angelica 2
Print of the series of 'History of Cain and Abel' of the second edition of "Thesaurus". Statement of print based on Hollstein. In the upper right corner of the sheet: "9" in pencil
Good
Cain (Biblical figure)Abel (Biblical figure)
Sacrifice in the Bible
Biblioteca Angelica
Fondo Antico
RARI.I.7.34,9
Link to mother card
RARI.I.7.34,frontispiece,1-342
Link to album description
RARI.I.7.34
Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam, 1980, vol. XXI, p. 91, n° 47, state I.
Rijksmuseum’s digital copy