Cain Killing Abel

Cornelis van Haarlemc.1589

Details

Title: Cain Killing Abel
Creator: Jan Muller, after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem
Date Created: c.1589
Physical Dimensions: plate: 35.1 x 41.8 cm (13 13/16 x 16 7/16 in.) sheet: 36.5 x 44.5 cm (14 3/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
Provenance: Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased either 1989 or 1998; [1] Gift to NGA, 2012. The Kainens bought two impressions of this composition: one on May 15, 1989 from Hill-Stone and another on November 11, 1998 from Helmut Rumbler. There is no clear indication which impression they donated, although one could assume that the Rumbler impression was finer, and so the Kainens donated the later purchase.
Medium: engraving on laid paper

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