Accession number
PML 145499, plate 017
Creator
Axmann, J. (Josef), 1793-1873, engraver.
Published
[Vienna : Carl Hass, 1821-1828?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 17, 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 Axmann after a painting by Champaigne.
From a published series of prints entitled: Kaiserliche königliche bilder-galerie im Belvedere zu Wien (Vienna : C. Haas, 1821-1828).
Lettered at head: "Champaigne." and "Niederländische Schule."; at lower left; "Gem. von S.V. Perger."; lower center: "Der Todte Abel."; lower right: "Gest. von J. Axmann."
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 17, 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 Axmann after a painting by Champaigne.
From a published series of prints entitled: Kaiserliche königliche bilder-galerie im Belvedere zu Wien (Vienna : C. Haas, 1821-1828).
Lettered at head: "Champaigne." and "Niederländische Schule."; at lower left; "Gem. von S.V. Perger."; lower center: "Der Todte Abel."; lower right: "Gest. von J. Axmann."
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 122 x 164 mm; sheet: 161 x 197 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Print embossed with "Haas" oval chopmark center under image.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Death of Abel, after Philippe de Champaigne, with Abel lying on the left, his head resting in his mother's lap, Adam standing nearby with his hands clasped, in the distance Cain running away.
Classification
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