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Cain and Abel: 1880.4.21-25

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Cain and Abel
Subjects of the Bible

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Carl Schlosser [L.636]

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1880) by Unknown

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1511

Note

Only state.

School or Style

German

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Image Height 115 mm Width 82 mm
Mount Height 555 mm Width 406 mm

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AD
  • Location: Image upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 1511
  • Location: Image upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1880.4.21-25
Primary reference Number: 98898
Bartsch: 1 (p.116)
Illustrated Bartsch: 1
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: .201
Meder: 106
Hollstein (German): 106
Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum: 224
Old location number: 36.I.1a
Lugt: 636
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 10 February 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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