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Cain beats Abel to death, print, album page, Cain attacks his brother with a club. He presses the wounded Abel to the ground. In the background Abel's sacrificed lamb and on the right Cain's offering. This print is part of an album., printmaker: Peter van Liesebetten, Antwerp, after painting by Jacopo Palma (il Giovane), Italy, publisher: David Teniers (II), Brussels, grantor of privilege: Spanish crown, 1660, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 225 mm x width 169 mm, David Teniers probably produced an oil study on canvas or panel (so-called pasticcio) of all the paintings in the collection of Leopold William of Austria, which served as a model for the printmakers. It is not always clear whether the pasticci were made by him or by his studio. Not all pasticci have survived., 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, A monochrome engraved scene shows two partially clothed male figures on a stone ledge, one standing and gripping a club raised above his shoulder while looking down, the other fallen on his back with an arm reaching upward and a foot lifted; the standing figure wears a draped cloth around his waist and has short curly hair, the fallen figure is muscular and reclined with a stream of liquid coming from his mouth; nearby are a cluster of round fruits on the stone surface and a pile of feathers below, while a stone structure with smoke or a column of textured marks rises at the upper edge and a sky filled with lined cloud shapes forms the backdrop.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B27_400

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51.9Mo (6.8Mo) / 32.1cm x 40.4cm / 3796 x 4775 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Cain beats Abel death print album page Cain attacks brother club presses wounded Abel ground background Abel's sacrificed lamb right Cain's offering part album printmaker Peter van Liesebetten Antwerp painting Jacopo Palma il Giovane Italy publisher David Teniers Ii Brussels grantor privilege Spanish crown 1660 paper etching engraving height 225 mm x width 169 mm produced oil study canvas panel -called pasticcio paintings collection Leopold William Austria served model printmakers clear whether pasticci studio survived killing Abel Cain slays stone jaw-bone alternatively spade another tool weapon monochrome engraved scene two partially clothed male figures stone ledge standing gripping club raised shoulder looking down fallen back arm reaching upward foot lifted standing figure wears draped cloth waist short curly hair fallen figure muscular reclined stream liquid coming mouth nearby cluster round fruits stone surface pile feathers stone structure smoke column textured marks rises upper edge sky filled lined cloud shapes forms backdrop