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Cain

Also known as: Cain; primary name: Cain
Details: individual; biblical figure; Male
Biography: Old Testament figure; first son of Adam (q.v.) and Eve (q.v.), murdered his brother Abel (q.v.).

234 related objects

book of prints; print

Title: La Morte di Abele Pitture a fresco del Campo Santo di Pisa |
Museum number: 1856,0209.1314 |
Producer name: After:Bonamico BuffamalcoPrint made by:Carlo Lasinio |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:Florence (city)

bowl; plate

Museum number: 1878,1230.442 |
Producer name: After:MarcantonioAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1540-1550 |
Production place: Made in:Urbino

counter-box

Museum number: 1890,0809.6 |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Made in:England

drawing

Museum number: 1882,0610.95 |
Producer name: BIOG49199 Drawn by:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1782-1857

drawing

Museum number: 1874,0613.538 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jean PoyerFormerly attributed to:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 15thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: 1848,0212.99 |
Producer name: BIOG51031 Drawn by:Johannes Wierix |
Production date: 1564-1615

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.21 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1563-1628

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0718.3 |
Producer name: BIOG27497 Drawn by:Francesco Fontebasso |
Production date: 1724-1769

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.39 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1563-1628

drawing

Museum number: 1848,0212.98 |
Producer name: BIOG51031 Drawn by:Johannes Wierix |
Production date: 1564-1615

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1946,0413.91 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1770-1797

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1948,1009.43 |
Producer name: BIOG200700 Drawn by:Antonio Masutti |
Production date: 1849

drawing

Museum number: 1956,0414.13 |
Producer name: BIOG44691 After:Andrea Sacchi |
Production date: 1614-1661

drawing; album

Museum number: 1881,0709.362 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Benjamin Robert HaydonAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1821

drawing

Museum number: 1928,0713.226 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Louis Félix de la RueFormerly attributed to:Michel Corneille II |
Production date: 1746-1765

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.251 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 16thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: 1874,1212.137 |
Producer name: BIOG19807 Drawn by:William Blake |
Production date: 1805-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1946,0413.87 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1770-1797

drawing

Museum number: Gg,3.382 |
Producer name: BIOG22876 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1727-1785

drawing

Museum number: 1870,0813.884 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: Ff,4.42 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.926 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

drawing; album

Museum number: 2009,7108.1.87 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph WestAfter:Lorenzo Ghiberti |
Production date: 1825-1834

drawing

Museum number: SL,5237.102 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Drawn by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1518-1583

drawing

Museum number: 1956,1005.36 |
Producer name: BIOG21443 Attributed to:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1760-1848

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAE6.171 |
Producer name: AUTH227213 Attributed to:Rancetti, Giorgio |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Title: Le crime de Cäin |
Museum number: 2004,0102.4 |
Producer name: BIOG137114 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Raymond Joly |
Production date: 1950 |
Production place: Made in:France

medal

Title: Thomason Medallic Bible |
Museum number: 1970,0405.4 |
Producer name: Issuer:Franklin MintAfter:Edward Thomason |
Production date: 1970 |
Production place: Made in:USA

medal

Title: Medallic Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures |
Museum number: 2003,0361.4 |
Producer name: BIOG116427 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Edward Thomason |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

niello print; rubbing

Museum number: 1885,0509.1752 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1450-1475 |
Production place: Made in:Florence (province)

pamphlet

Museum number: EPH-ME.347 |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Printed in:Glasgow

plate

Museum number: 1913,1220.62 |
Producer name: BIOG67775 Attributed to:Pierre Courteys |
Production date: 1575 |
Production place: Made in:Limoges

postcard; photographic print

Museum number: EPH-ME.1715 |
Producer name: BIOG215335 Published by:Thomas of Fleet Street |
Production date: 1954 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1919,0616.114 |
Producer name: After:Antoine SallaertAfter:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1654

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.4755 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans De BackerAfter:Anthon Schoonjans |
Production date: 1704

print

Museum number: R,3.6 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPublished by:David de Meyn |
Production date: 1612-1613

print

Title: Theatrum Pictorium |
Museum number: 1868,0612.1443 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van TroyenAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1656-1660

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.710 |
Producer name: BIOG51031 Print made by:Johannes Wierix |
Production date: 1604

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1919 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans De BackerAfter:Anthon Schoonjans |
Production date: 1704

print

Title: Cain & Abel |
Museum number: 1856,0209.192 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean DaulléAfter:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Theatrum Pictorium |
Museum number: A,8.202 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peeter van LisebettenAfter:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1654-1660

print

Museum number: 1853,0312.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Harmensz. MullerAfter:Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem |
Production date: 1589 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Title: The principal Transactions, from the Creation to the building of the City of Enoch. |
Museum number: Y,4.102 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18th century

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Les remords de Caïn |
Museum number: 1883,0414.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léopold MassardAfter:Pedro Lira |
Production date: 1882

print

Museum number: 1928,0417.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis CortAfter:Frans Floris |
Production date: 1561 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1895,0915.81 |
Producer name: BIOG43867 Print made by:Cristofano Robetta |
Production date: 1500-1510

print

Title: La vie champêtre Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.772 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Abraham DevilliersAfter:Domenico Fetti |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: La vie champestre Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux |
Museum number: 1855,0609.184 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin IAfter:Domenico Fetti |
Production date: 1686-1716

print

Title: La fileuse Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.305 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste PatasAfter:Domenico Fetti |
Production date: 1786-1808

print

Title: La vie champêtre Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.489 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre LaurentAfter:Domenico Fetti |
Production date: 1803-1809

print; book-illustration

Title: Cain and Abel Ostervald's Bible |
Museum number: 1872,1012.461 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ralph BeilbyPrint made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1791-1793 |
Production place: Published in:Newcastle upon Tyne

print; album

Title: Stampe del Duomo di Orvieto |
Museum number: 1848,0205.495 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista LeonettiIntermediary draughtsman:Carlo Cencioni |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: D,5.52 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 Print made by:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1524

print

Title: The Genesis |
Museum number: Gg,4D.94 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1572

print

Title: Monuments des arts de dessin chez les peuples |
Museum number: 1856,0209.952 |
Producer name: After:Raymond La FagePrint made by:Guillaume Henri Franquinet |
Production date: 1816-1829

print

Title: Invidia Justice and the Seven Deadly Sins |
Museum number: W,3.165 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon DaventAfter:Luca Penni |
Production date: 1547

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 2011,7059.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Michel HalbouAfter:Jean Jacques François Le Barbier |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, History of Cain and Abel |
Museum number: 1937,0915.439 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Sadeler IAfter:Michiel Coxie I |
Production date: 1576

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.815 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph (Giuseppe) WagnerIntermediary draughtsman:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1746

print

Title: The Death of Abel |
Museum number: 1913,0331.129 |
Producer name: BIOG37438 Print made by:William Martin |
Production date: 1831

print

Title: Palazzo Granducale in Firenze |
Museum number: 1861,0608.218 |
Producer name: BIOG48505 After:Alessandro Tiarini |
Production date: 1685-1740

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1875,0710.893-898 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1572

print

Title: Cain and Abel |
Museum number: 1960,0409.369 |
Producer name: BIOG47788 Print made by:Graham Sutherland |
Production date: 1924

print

Museum number: Kk,6.119 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 Print made by:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1524

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0411.34.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry James RichterPublished by:Vernor & Hood |
Production date: 1795

print

Museum number: 1844,0425.26.3 |
Producer name: BIOG17047 Print made by:Heinrich Aldegrever |
Production date: 1539

print

Title: Story of Adam and Eve |
Museum number: 1849,1027.4 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 Print made by:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1529

print

Museum number: D,5.8 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 After:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1520-1550

print

Title: The Genesis |
Museum number: 1870,0625.775-783 |
Producer name: Print made by:Stefano SolariAfter:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1580

print; book-illustration

Title: Adam taught it to his sons |
Museum number: 1927,0621.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1902

print

Title: Quintum praeceptum Decalogi. Non occides The Ten Commandments |
Museum number: 1951,0714.171 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni VolpatoAfter:Francesco Maggiotto |
Production date: 1770-1771

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 2011,7059.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Michel HalbouAfter:Jean Jacques François Le Barbier |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, History of Cain and Abel |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Sadeler IAfter:Michiel Coxie I |
Production date: 1576

print

Museum number: 1929,1112.2.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard de LairessePublished by:Nicolaes Visscher II |
Production date: 1680

print

Museum number: V,4.24 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 After:Raphael |
Production date: 1520-1544

print

Title: The Genesis |
Museum number: 1834,0804.119 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1572

print

Museum number: 1929,1112.2.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard de LairessePublished by:Nicolaes Visscher II |
Production date: 1680

print

Museum number: 1929,1112.2.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard de LairessePublished by:Nicolaes Visscher II |
Production date: 1680

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1922,0811.20 |
Producer name: BIOG28782 Print made by:Salomon Gessner |
Production date: 1770

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.927 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 Print made by:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1524

print

Title: Adam et Abel Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.308 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert de LaunayAfter:Andrea Sacchi |
Production date: 1786-1808

print

Title: The Genesis |
Museum number: Gg,4D.93 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1572

print

Title: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, History of Cain and Abel |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Sadeler IAfter:Michiel Coxie I |
Production date: 1576

print

Museum number: 1834,0804.322 |
Producer name: BIOG43867 Print made by:Cristofano Robetta |
Production date: 1500-1510

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.1696 |
Producer name: BIOG29402 Print made by:Jan Gossaert |
Production date: 1525

print

Museum number: E,2.164 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1511

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.286 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans WeiditzPrinted by:Christian Egenolph |
Production date: 1520-1536

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.662 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1511

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1878,0713.4332 |
Producer name: Print made by:James FittlerAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1791

print

Museum number: 1848,0708.129 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 Print made by:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1524

print

Museum number: H,7.67 |
Producer name: BIOG17760 After:Amico Aspertini |
Production date: 1530-1535

print

Title: The Ten Commandments |
Museum number: 1949,0709.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen Jansz. MullerAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1566

print

Museum number: 1868,0612.1738 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 After:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1520-1550

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 2011,7059.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre BaquoyAfter:Jean Jacques François Le Barbier |
Production date: 1786-1793

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 2011,7059.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Louis PetitAfter:Jean Jacques François Le Barbier |
Production date: 1792

print; book-illustration

Title: Book XI |
Museum number: 1953,0509.202 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1895

print

Museum number: 1874,0711.1301 |
Producer name: AUTH227585 Published by:Germain Hoyau |
Production date: 1560-1580 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Cain & Abel |
Museum number: 1866,0113.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean DaulléAfter:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Caino in atto di uccidere Abele Raccolta di 112 stampe di pitture della storia sac |
Museum number: 1865,0520.725 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro MonacoAfter:Girolamo Ferrabosco |
Production date: 1730-1750 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Cainus fratri necem molitur Sacra Bella Sanctae Veterum Bibliorum Historiae .. |
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.2 |
Producer name: After:Antonio TempestaPublished by:Pieter de Jode I |
Production date: 1613-1618 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)