Cain holding a mirror watching his sacrifice engulfed in flames, Adam and Eve seated nearby; in the upper right an angel expelling them from Paradise
Marzia Faietti includes this print among those after designs by Amico Aspertini and believes the engraver to be Agostino Veneziano on the basis of Bartsch and De Marolle, and on her finding Agostino's monogram on impressions in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (Eb 6a. res.) and in Rome Inv. G.N.S. Inv F.C. 31504). See M. Faietti in M. Faietti and D. Scaglietti, 'Amico Aspertini', Modena 1995, IV.3, pp. 332-3.
Artwork Details
- Title: Cain holding a mirror watching his sacrifice engulfed in flames, Adam and Eve seated nearby; in the upper right an angel expelling them from Paradise
- Artist: Possibly by Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian, Venice ca. 1490–after 1536 Rome)
- Artist: or possibly by Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531–after 1576)
- Artist: After Amico Aspertini (Italian, Bologna ca. 1474–1552 Bologna)
- Date: ca. 1530–50
- Medium: Engraving, squared in graphite
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 5/8 in. (23.2 × 32 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
- Object Number: 17.50.16-109
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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