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Death of Abel - Francois Xavier Fabre Framed Canvas


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Description

Pinned between a pagan pyre and a prophet’s nightmare, Fabre’s Death of Abel undresses the Book of Genesis with a French neoclassical glare. Hips slack with unspent ecstasy, shoulder blades offered like peeled pomegranates on a Corinthian plate.

Abel’s pose is more postcoital than postmortem. The kill isn’t forensic, it’s fevered, dripping with the pleasure of fratricide as foreplay. No angel dares descend. The heavens gape. This is no spiritual fall. This is Greco-Roman burlesque staged in desert ash and ochre sky.

Cain’s absence rages like the fire behind. Curling like a voyeur. Heat-laced, ritualistic. A lamb for a god who never asked, naked save the lion’s pelt and the ache of having once been wanted.

About the Canvas

Make any room a showpiece

• Luscious artist-grade cotton canvas, finely textured for depth and precision.

• Hand-stretched and natural white to capture light/color with striking clarity.

• Printed with non-toxic, water-based pigments that stay vivid for decades.

• Precisely measured floating frame that creates a sleek, gallery-worthy effect.

• Sustainably sourced FSC® certified European knotless pine.

3 distinctive frame colors

Black: Suits every style from bold modernity to gothic opulence.

White: Helps art shine bright in dark rooms to lift your mood.

Natural: Infuses warmth with its rich, honeyed tones.

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About the Artist

François-Xavier Fabre painted with the restraint of empire and the libido of myth. Born in Montpellier in 1766, trained in Jacques-Louis David’s Paris then baptized in Florentine excess, Fabre fused neoclassical rigor with erotic suggestion.

His canvases whisper Roman discipline and pulse with Italian appetites. Nudes gleam like marble seduced into flesh. As a salon laureate and private collector, he choreographed male vulnerability into pictorial tension, crafting death, exile, and myth as aesthetic theatre.

Fabre’s brush made murder devotional, made myth anatomical, made bodies into empires of suggestion. He died in 1837, but his paintings still writhe — elegant, pagan, poised to sin.

The Timeless Sale

The Timeless Sale — always in style

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No returns / exchanges for discounted treasure.

Delivery & Refunds

Cost

Free shipping to USA, CA, UK, EU, AUS & NZ

Rest of the world: Free shipping for orders over $100

Delivery Times

USA: 4-9 days • Canada: 5-12 days • UK: 4-9 days • Europe: 5-10 days • Australia: 4-9 days • New Zealand: 5-12 days • Rest of the world: 3-4 weeks

Why the Wait?

Delivery times include production, quality assurance & thoughtful packaging + shipping from A to B to You. More details on orders and shipping

Every package tracked so you can watch your treasure move from A to B to You.

Sent carbon neutral at no extra charge. For peace of mind your money's being kind.

Returns and Refunds

Returns and exchanges accepted within 30 days of delivery. More details on returns and refunds

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Only the Best Will Do

Artist-grade cotton with lush, finely grained texture. Engineered to capture every intricate brushstroke and subtle gradient.

Giclée Printing

Forget 4 color CMYK. Giclée layers up to 12 — alive with deeper shadows, richer highlights and multidimensional contrasts.

A Century of Color

Printed using a pro-lab process that helps art stay bold & breathtaking for up to 100 yr with non-toxic, archival-grade inks.

Happy Customers
"Thank you for being there every step of the way, Toby! The canvas brings such a richness to my whole set up."
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