Kaïn en Abel, Odilon Redon, 1886

Title(s)

Kaïn en Abel

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1946-178

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

Kaïn met opgeheven knots, staat op het punt Abel te slaan. Abel, op de rug gezien, zit op de grond.

Artist

• print maker: Odilon Redon (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Odilon Redon
• printer: anonymous

Place

print maker: France
printer: Paris

Dating

1886

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 184 mm × width 120 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

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1946

Copyright

Public domain

• The etchings of Odilon Redon, cat.nr. 21-2(2)
• Odilon Redon, André Mellerio, p. 89, cat.nr. 18