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Adam and Eve mourning the death of Abel (plate 3 from The Story of Cain and Abel)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

Adam and Eve mourning the death of Abel (plate 3 from The Story of Cain and Abel)

Michiel Coxie (I)|Johann Sadeler I

Date
1576
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 11 1/8 in. (20.7 × 28.3 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
53.601.17(64)
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Netherlandish, Mechelen ca. 1499–1592 Mechelen|Netherlandish, Brussels 1550–1600/1601 Venice

Subjects and terms

  • Abel
  • Adam
  • Eve
  • Death

The Met object ID 700535. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.