Cain's fratricide

Title

Cain's fratricide

Draughtsman

• Hendrik Goudt

Part Number / Total

167 / 179

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• composition study
• movement study
• sketch

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1868

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Cain
• Abel
• Cain and Abel

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 4,1-16

Primary

• 71A82 the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon

Secondary

• 25G3 trees

Historic Attribution

• Adam Elsheimer circle; draughtsman