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Object Type
Museum number: 1981,U.905
Title: Object: Spiritus Pietatis (Spirit of Piety); Series: The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Description: Plate 6, The Spirit of Piety; to the left, two lambs burn on a sacrificial altar, Abel kneels by his offering, his hands clasped in prayer; to right, Cain, viewed from behind, burns sheafs of corn; above, God the Father appears on a cloud, surrounded by cherubs, he accepts Abel's offering by stretching out his right hand, he decline's Cain's with his left Engraving
Producer name: After: Jan van der Straet; Published by: Adriaen Collaert
School/style
Production date: 1595 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Antwerp (city)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 208 millimetres (image size); Width: 270 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See comments to first plate of series, 1937,0915.309.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (261.II) (Johannes Stradanus); Baroni Vannucci 1997 / Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, flandrus pictor et inventor (705.6)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Abel; Representation of: Cain; Representation of: God
Acquisition date: 1753-1981
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1981,U.905

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