Research Catalog

Title

Figurative subjects [graphic]

Author

Falguière, Jean-Alexandre-Joseph, 1831-1900.

Publication

1876-1888.

Details

Additional Authors

• Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
• S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

2 prints : etching; 26.4 x 18.2 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Etchings of Cain and Abel, with one brother carrying the other on his back, and two beggar children.

Subject

• Abel (Biblical figure)
• Cain (Biblical figure)
• Beggars in art

Genre/Form

Etchings – French – 19th century.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Date from Bibliothèque national inventaire du fonds francais après 1800 v. 7.
• Cain et Abel differs from the two versions in Revue de L'Art 1902 and Gazette des Beaux-Arts 1876. Mendiants is larger reversed version of one in L'Artiste 1888.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

• S. P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 6.

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Contents

B1. Cain et Abel -- B2. Deux mendiants idiots à Grenade.

Call Number

MEZAC

OCLC

NYPG97-F221

Author

Falguière, Jean-Alexandre-Joseph, 1831-1900.

Title

Figurative subjects [graphic]

Imprint

1876-1888.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite As:

S. P. Avery Collection.

Linking Entry

Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 6.

Provenance

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Added Author

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector

S.P. Avery Collection.

Research Call Number

MEZAC