Snake-Handled Vase with Scenes from Genesis
The medallions on either side of this vase depict the sacrifice of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:3-4) and Cain slaying Abel (Genesis 4:8). Both images were copied from woodcuts made by the French engraver Bernard Salomon (1506-1561) that were produced for a popular illustrated Bibl...
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William (J. L.), 7th Earl Poulette [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; J. Seligmann, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, Nov. 6, 1908, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1369 |
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