Accession number
PML 145499, plate 016
Creator
Blaschke, János, 1770-1833, engraver.
Published
[Vienna? s.n., 1821-1828]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 16, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Print engraved by Blaschke after a painting by Füger.
From a published series of prints entitled: Kaiserliche königliche bilder-galerie im Belvedere zu Wien (Vienna ; Prague : C. Haas, 1821-28).
Lettered at head: H. Füger; Deutsche Schule.; at lower left; Gez. von S. V. Perger.; lower center: Der Todte Abel; lower right: Gest. von J. Blaschke.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 16, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Print engraved by Blaschke after a painting by Füger.
From a published series of prints entitled: Kaiserliche königliche bilder-galerie im Belvedere zu Wien (Vienna ; Prague : C. Haas, 1821-28).
Lettered at head: H. Füger; Deutsche Schule.; at lower left; Gez. von S. V. Perger.; lower center: Der Todte Abel; lower right: Gest. von J. Blaschke.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 124 x 102 mm; sheet: 163 x 135 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Print embossed with "Haas" oval chopmark center under image.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print after Füger's painting shows Eve with the body of Abel resting in her arms as Adam, with arms and clutched hands resting on a stone, laments the death of Abel.
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