Harvard Art Museums > R13542: The Birth of Cain Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Birth of Cain (Adriaen Collaert)(After Maerten de Vos) , R13542,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/239405. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number R13542 People Adriaen Collaert, Flemish (c. 1560 - 1618) After Maerten de Vos, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium 1532 - 1603 Antwerp, Belgium) Title The Birth of Cain Other Titles Series/Book Title: Scenes from Genesis (series of 8) Classification Prints Work Type print Date c.1581 Culture Netherlandish Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/239405 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving on cream antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions 24.5 × 18.2 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, bottom: Difficiles partus, infaelix terra, brouesque/ Viuendi subita morte premente, dies,/ Praemia sunt Euae non erpectata Adamoque:/ At cur optarant se aequiparare Deo~/ Eduwart Hoeswinckel excudit. watermark: bottom: 'P' with a quatrefoil finial Provenance Recorded Ownership History John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State only state Standard Reference Number Hollstein 10-17, New Hollstein I.12.5 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Object Number R13542 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description birth of Abel in background left; medallions at top, left: sacrifices of Cain and Abel [Gen. 4:4-7], center: Cain slaying Abel [Gen. 4:8-9], right: Adam and Eve lamenting Abel's death Exhibition History Adam and Eve, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/01/2018 - 01/06/2019 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
