Antique Master Print-PERSONIFICATION-SIN-Houbraken-1710

A naked female figure with loose hair as the personification of sin looks over her shoulder at a fleeing Cain who has just killed his brother Abel after they had sacrificed to God. Print from a series of 41 symbols.

Made by Arnold Houbraken after own design.

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 10.4 x 19.8 cm (4.09 x 7.8 inch). Image size: 9 x 18 cm. (3.54 x 7.09 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PERSONIFICATION-SIN | PCO-C21-34

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: Forty-one pieces, ‘Verscheydene Sinnebeelden’ (series title) published by Leonard Schenk, 1710-1719.

Reference: Hollstein Dutch 78.

Biography engraver: Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.