Kaïn doodt Abel, Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Title(s)

Kaïn doodt Abel

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-1580

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 12
• Bartsch 12

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

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

Artist

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

Place

Low Countries

Dating

1520

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 111 mm × width 83 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

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Kaïn doodt Abel

• Man, myth, and sensual pleasures : Jan Gossart's Renaissance : the complete works, Maryan Wynn Ainsworth, Stijn Alsteens, Nadine Monica Orenstein, Lorne Campbell, p. 421
• Lucas van Leyden [ : 1 1996], p. 42, cat.nr. 12