Rembrandt

Abel Slain by Cain



Rembrandt - Abel Slain by Cain



Rembrandt
Abel Slain by Cain
c. 1650
169 x 247 mm
Pen and bistre
Kobberstiksamling, Copenhagen


Literature


Catalogues raisonnés
Benesch 860
Schatborn D120


Exhibitions


2009 Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference, Nr. 34.1

Iconclass


71A82 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

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