Arthub Flanders

Cain and Abel, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien

Creator:
Schut, Pieter Hendriksz. (engravers (printmakers))
Visscher, Nicolaes I (publisher)
Visscher, Nicolaes II (publisher)
Period:
n/a
Date:
1659
Institution:
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent
Type:
prenten, estampes, and prints (visual works)
Subtype:
burijngravure, gravure au burin, and burin engraving
Material:
papier, papier, and paper
Subject:
religieuze symboliek, symbolique religieuse, religious symbolism, figuurvoorstellingen, représentations de personnes, figures (representations), landschappen, paysages, and landscapes
Dimensions:
h 67 mm
b 100 mm
Object number:
2014-GS
Description:
n/a
Iconclass:
71 Old Testament
31A71 male sex; man
31D12 youth, young man, adolescent
31A231 standing figure
31A236 lying figure
33B14 threatening behaviour, challenging
53C22 Menace, Intimidation; 'Minaccie' (Ripa)
44G51 crime
44G511 murderer
31E death of human being
31E235 violent death ~ maltreatment, torture
71A82 the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon
71A Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve
25G3 trees
55C221 Sacrifice
21C fire (one of the four elements)
41B1 open fire (in general)
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