Cain Killing Abel

Prints and Drawings

c. 1589

Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628)
after Cornelis van Haarlem (Dutch, 1562–1638)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jan Harmensz. Muller
Title: Cain Killing Abel
Place: Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1584–1594
Medium: Engraving on ivory laid paper
Inscriptions: Lettered below image: "Cor. Cornelij Harlemen. inventor. Johan Muller sculptor. / Impius ecce Cain ... cruore madet. / Harmannus Muller excudebat Amsterodamij"
Dimensions: Sheet: 35.1 × 41.5 cm (13 7/8 × 16 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds
Reference Number: 2023.1144
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