Adam kneels in grief beside the body of Abel, while Cain flees in the background

Frédéric Horthemels French

After Andrea Sacchi Italian

ca. 1729

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Title: Adam kneels in grief beside the body of Abel, while Cain flees in the background
Artist: Frédéric Horthemels (French, 1680/88–1738)
Artist: After Andrea Sacchi (Italian, Rome (?) ca. 1599–1661 Rome)
Date: ca. 1729
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/8 × 12 11/16 in. (23.8 × 32.3 cm)
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 14 13/16 in. (53.1 × 37.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960
Object Number: 60.708(86)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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