Jan GossaertFlemish, Dutch, 1478–1532Kaïn doodt Abel
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Kaïn doodt Abel” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-1892-A-17346
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Jan Gossaert
The whole life1517–1524 · Workplace
Utrecht
1521
Dürer travels to Middelburg to see Gossaert's altarpiece
Albrecht Dürer comes expressly to Middelburg to see the altarpiece of the Descent from the Cross, a replica that Gossaert made at the order of Philip of Burgundy after the celebrated picture of Tongerlo Abbey. Dürer admired the work.
1523 · Workplace
Mechelen
1524
Death of Philip of Burgundy and his tomb
Gossaert's patron Philip, by then Bishop of Utrecht, dies; the painter seems to have remained in his employment until the end. Gossaert designs and erects Philip's tomb in the church of Wijk bij Duurstede.
1524
Returns to Middelburg in the service of Adolf of Burgundy
After Philip's death he returns to Middelburg, where he had already lived in 1509–1517, and takes service as court painter with Philip's brother Adolf of Burgundy, lord of Veere.
1524–1532 · Workplace
Middelburg
![Saint Jerome Penitent [left panel], Jan Gossaert, c. 1509/1512](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/eea01b49-e215-488c-83f9-916964067d45/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Saint Jerome Penitent [right panel], Jan Gossaert, c. 1509/1512](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/1a0bd5c7-54f0-49e9-b570-aaa680278896/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
