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Cain Slaying Abel

Print
1650-77 (made), 1680 (published)
Artist/Maker
Lefebvre, Valentin (printmaker)
Titian (artist)
Place of origin
Venice (published)

Cain Slaying Abel; After Titian; Print on paper; Inscribed 'V. lefebre.'; An illustration to 'Opera selectiora, quæ Titianus Vecellius Cadubriensis,' &c.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Cain Slaying Abel
  • Illustration to 'Opera selectiora, quæ Titianus Vecellius Cadubriensis,' &c.
Materials and techniques
print on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Cain Slaying Abel; After Titian; Print on paper; Inscribed 'V. lefebre.'; An illustration to 'Opera selectiora, quæ Titianus Vecellius Cadubriensis,' &c. (first published 1680); By Valentin Lefebvre; Flemish School; 1650-77
Physical description
Cain Slaying Abel; After Titian; Print on paper; Inscribed 'V. lefebre.'; An illustration to 'Opera selectiora, quæ Titianus Vecellius Cadubriensis,' &c.
Style
Flemish School
Marks and inscriptions
'V. lefebre.' (Inscribed.)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
An illustration to: 'Opera Selectiora Quæ Titianus Vercellius Cadubriensis, Et Paulus Calliari Veronensis Inventarunt Ac Pinxerunt, Quæ Que Valentinus Le Febre Bruxellensis Delineavit, Et Sculpsit: Christianissimo Ludovico magno Franciæ, Et Navarræ Regi Invictissimo. Sacrat, Vovet Iacobus Van Campen'.
A book containing prints after Titian and Veronese. First published in Venice in 1680.
Subjects depicted
Men
Cain
Abel
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum : Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1874.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.2320

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Record createdMarch 22, 2010
Record URL
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