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Adam and Eve mourning the death of Abel, plate 3 from "The Story of Cain and Abel"

Johann Sadeler I Netherlandish
After Michiel Coxie (I) Netherlandish
1576
Not on view
This engraving is part of a set of three plates on the 'The History of Cain and Abel,' which is a chapter in Gerard de Jode's larger biblical series of 396 engravings entitled 'Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti (...)' that he published in 1585. See 2015.483 for the drawing by Michiel Coxie (I) on which this print is based.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Adam and Eve mourning the death of Abel, plate 3 from "The Story of Cain and Abel"
  • Series/Portfolio: The Story of Cain and Abel
  • Artist: Johann Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Brussels 1550–1600/1601 Venice)
  • Artist: After Michiel Coxie (I) (Netherlandish, Mechelen ca. 1499–1592 Mechelen)
  • Date: 1576
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 11 1/8 in. (20.7 × 28.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.601.17(64)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Adam and Eve Mourning the Death of Abel
Michiel Coxie (I)
ca. 1576
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Pair of Stirrups, Iron, gold, Netherlandish
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Phaeton, from "The Four Disgracers", Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish, Engraving
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Europe (part of a set of four), Johann Sadeler I Netherlandish, Tin-glazed earthenware, German, Frankfurt
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After an engraving by Johann Sadeler I
Designer After designs by Dirck Barendsz.
Former Attribution After a composition by Cornelis van Daten the Younger
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