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 (Rembrandt)
Benesch 955recto (Rembrandt)
Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, 553 (Willem Drost)

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


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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Attributed to Willem Drost The Prophet Elijah by the Brook Cherith
The Prophet Elijah by the Brook Cherith
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Willem Drost Hagar and Ishmael in the desert
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Willem Drost Girl Asleep
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Willem Drost The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit
The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit
c. 1652

Attributed to Willem Drost Quintus Fabius Maximus
Quintus Fabius Maximus
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