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Adam and Eve finding the dead body of Abel
1869
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
113.9 × 136.6 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1870
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in red paint c.r.: N. Carta / Prof. dell Accademia / de. S. Luca / Roma 1869.
Accession Number
p.302.4-1
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Abel (Old Testament character) Adam (Abrahamic religion character) Cain and Abel (Abrahamic religion narrative) corpses (bodies) deaths Eve (Abrahamic religion character) nudes (representations)
Provenance
Probably purchased directly from the artist, Rome, by Charles Summers, for the NGV, 1870.