Willem Drost

The Discovery of Abel's Body



Willem Drost - The Discovery of Abel's Body



Willem Drost
The Discovery of Abel's Body
c. 1654-55
195 x 286 mm
Pen and bistre
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin


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Willem Drost - Study of Abel's Body
Willem Drost
Study of Abel's Body
c. 1654-55

Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 17
Benesch 955recto

Collection catalogues
Holm Bevers, Zeichnungen der Rembrandtschule im Berliner Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden, 2018, nr. 35


Exhibitions

2009 Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference, Nr. 34.2

Iconclass

71A823 Adam and Eve discover the dead body of Abel and grieve over it

External links

Kupferstichkabinett Accession number KdZ 1115

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Willem Drost Girl Asleep
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Willem Drost The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit
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