# Cain and his Children Accursed of God

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ETEX, Antoine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/etex-antoine-r5e717f8496e7ee>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Plaster, height 204 cm

## Commentary

Although Romanticism made its appearance in painting from 1820 onwards, there was a gap of ten years before it was expressed in sculpture at the Salon of 1831 by Duseigneur&#39;s Orlando Furioso, with its bulging muscles and twisted limbs, and the Tiger and Crocodile by Barye. These works were soon followed by Etex&#39;s Cain, executed in Rome, as a bravado gesture because he did not win the Grand Prix, and by the creations of Préault.

## Related artworks

- [Blanche de Castille](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/etex-antoine-r5e717f8496e7ee/blanche-de-castille-rcc7266feeff6b0>)
- [Ecce Homo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/etex-antoine-r5e717f8496e7ee/ecce-homo-rbabf31a3aeaae3>)
- [Géricault&#39;s Tomb](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/etex-antoine-r5e717f8496e7ee/gricaults-tomb-r5faf1672701c9a>)
- [Tomb of the Raspail Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/etex-antoine-r5e717f8496e7ee/tomb-of-the-raspail-family-r226261321c0efd>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)
