Titian 1487/90 – 1576
Cain and Abel
oil on canvas (298 × 282 cm) — 1542-44
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
This work is linked to Genesis 4:8
Art and the Bible - Genesis 4 - Old Testament
Genesis 4 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it
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Abel is slain by his brother Cain.
Abel's leg, his left arm and Cain's curved body form part of a circle that makes the picture very dynamic. The effects of the dark sky and the threatening Cain are emphasized by the perspective, which suggests a low point of view.
The painting is now in the church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice. It was originally made as a ceiling painting for the Santo Spirito in Isola. Titian made two other ceiling paintings for that church, one on David and Goliath and one on the Sacrifice of Isaac.
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