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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