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Jean-Jacques Henner
(15th Mar, 1829 - 23rd Jul, 1905)
Adam et Eve trouvant le corps d'Abel
1858
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Franck Raux
musée national Jean-Jacques Henner
http://www.musee-henner.fr/home
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Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Thierry Ollivier
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Keywords:
assassination
Adam
Eve
corpse
Old Testament
Abel
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About the artwork
Title:
Adam et Eve trouvant le corps d'Abel
Periods:
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
19th century
XIXth century
Techniques:
tracing paper
black chalk
sanguine
pencil (drawing)
Dimensions:
300 x 238
Inventory number:
JJHD260
Location:
musée national Jean-Jacques Henner
About the author(s)
Author:
Jean-Jacques Henner
Also known as:
Jean Jacques Henner
Born:
15th Mar, 1829
Dead:
23rd Jul, 1905
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Jean-Jacques Henner
(15 March 1829 – 23 July 1905) was a French painter, noted for his use of sfumato and chiaroscuro in painting nudes, religious subjects, and portraits. Henner was born at Bernwiller (Alsace). He began his studies in art as a pupil of Michel-Martin Drolling and François-Édouard Picot. In 1848, he entered the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, and took the Prix de Rome with a painting of
Adam and Eve finding the Body of Abel
in 1858. In Rome, he was guided by Flandrin, and painted…
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