Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, Slaying of Abel

German, Artist Anton Koberger, Publisher
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Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, Slaying of Abel

1483

(Artist) German Anton Koberger (Publisher) German

Woodcut printed in black ink, colored by hand on laid paper

Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 1/8 inches (37.8 × 25.7 cm)

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Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass

45.86.B

This work is in the public domain.

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Inscribed, in German, on block, above image Inscribed, upper right: .VI. [page number]

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purchased by Lillian Henkel Haas [1879-1960] (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

1945-present, given 1945 to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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German, Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, Slaying of Abel, 1483, woodcut printed in black ink, colored by hand on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass, 45.86.B.

Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, Slaying of Abel
Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, Slaying of Abel