Cain murdering Abel (plate 2 from The Story of Cain and Abel)

This engraving is part of a set of three plates on the 'The History of Cain and Abel,' which is a chapter in Gerard de Jode's larger biblical series of 396 engravings entitled 'Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti (...)' that he published in 1585.

Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953