PAINTER OF THE ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

PAINTER OF THE ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY ADAM AND EVE MOURN THE DEATH OF ABEL, WITH CAIN ON THE RUN Oil on canvas, 150 × 108 cm. 18th-century gilded wooden frame. The painting depicts the moment immediately following the first fratricide recounted in Genesis (4:8–12). In the foreground lies Abel’s lifeless body, while Adam, kneeling to his right, raises his arm in a gesture of intense pathos. On the left, Eve stands, expressing her grief by turning her gaze and gesture toward the sky.

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H 150 × B 108 cm