Cain Killing Abel

Provenance

Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased either 1989 or 1998; [1] Gift to NGA, 2012. The Kainens bought two impressions of this composition: one on May 15, 1989 from Hill-Stone and another on November 11, 1998 from Helmut Rumbler. There is no clear indication which impression they donated, although one could assume that the Rumbler impression was finer, and so the Kainens donated the later purchase.

Cain Killing Abel

Cornelisz van Haarlem, Cornelis

c.1589

Accession Number

2012.92.573

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.1 x 41.8 cm (13 13/16 x 16 7/16 in.) | sheet: 36.5 x 44.5 cm (14 3/8 x 17 1/2 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen