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Object Type
print
Museum number
E,2.164
Description
Cain half-kneeling, raising an axe over his head and restraining Abel beneath him. 1511 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Albrecht Dürer
School/style
German
Production date
1511
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
116 millimetres
Width:
82 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(106)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.116.1)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(I.303.114.a)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations
(II.224)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
old testament
Associated names
Representation of:
Abel
Representation of:
Cain
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Joseph Nollekens
Bequeathed through:
Francis Douce
Acquisition date
1834
Acquisition notes
Bequeathed by Joseph Nollekens, subject to a life interest to Francis Douce, 1834.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
E,2.164
Conservation
Treatment
: 15 Feb 2000