Adam and Eve Lamenting the Death of Abel
1561
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 34.4 × 44.3 cm (13 9/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268722
Art Historical Context
In the Prints and Drawings department of the Art Institute of Chicago sits Cornelis Cort's poignant 1561 engraving *Adam and Eve Lamenting the Death of Abel*, a masterful depiction of the biblical tragedy from Genesis. Here, the grieving parents mourn their son Abel, slain by his brother Cain, capturing raw human sorrow amid a dramatic landscape. Measuring 34.4 × 44.3 cm on luxurious ivory laid paper, this large-scale print draws viewers into the emotional intensity of the scene, characteristic of 16th-century Northern European art. Cornelis Cort, a leading Dutch engraver active in Antwerp's ...
About the Artist
Cornelis Cort · 1533–1578
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