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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...

1576
Engraving
20.4 x 28.3cm
53.601.17(63)
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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