PrintsNetherlandish16th-17th century
The Birth of Cain
c.1581
Artists
Adriaen CollaertArtist
Maerten de VosArtist after
Description
birth of Abel in background left; medallions at top, left: sacrifices of Cain and Abel [Gen. 4:4-7], center: Cain slaying Abel [Gen. 4:8-9], right: Adam and Eve lamenting Abel's death
Dimensions
24.5 × 18.2 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
Provenance
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.
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