Cain Slaying Abel / Francesco Monti

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Accession Number: 1970/2.46
Title: Cain Slaying Abel
Artist: Francesco Monti
Artist Nationality: Italian
Artist Life Dates: 1685-1768
Medium and Support: black chalk, heightened with white on light brown toned paper
Object Creation Date: before 1736
Credit Line: Gift through the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
Inscription: Inscribed l.l. in black chalk: FCo Monti (contemporary with black chalk; probably a signature)
Dimensions: 49.8 cm x 35.9 cm (19 5/8 in. x 14 1/8 in.)
Century: 18th century
Primary Keywords: abel; death; nudes; rocks; trees
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; bible; descriptors; figures; how we live; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; old testament; people and occupations; plants; rites of passage; the natural world
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 943 x 1283
File Size: 116 KB
Record: 1970/2.46
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1970-sl-2.46/1970_2.46.jpg

In public portfolios: Death and dying (500); Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (68); Levinson. Bible class (10); The Divine Comedy (143); UMMA Hebrew Bible (17); UMMA Old testament works (17)

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1970-SL-2.46:1970_2.46.JPG

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Full citation: "Cain Slaying Abel; Francesco Monti." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1970-sl-2.46/1970_2.46.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.