Cain Slaying Abel
ca. 1650–52
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
54 3/4 × 35 7/16 in. (139 × 90 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alan M. May, in memory of his wife, Marcia W. May, and in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020
Accession Number
2020.112
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About the Artist
Pier Francesco Mola
Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666) was a Roman Baroque painter celebrated for the lyrical quality of his landscapes and the painterly freedom of his figural work, qualities that set him apart from the more rigorous classicism of some of his contemporaries. Born in Coldrerio in the Swiss canton of Ticino, he spent the greater part of his career in Rome, where he underwent an extensive and eclectic for...