Cain Slaying Abel

Cain Slaying Abel

1624–63

Pen and brown ink; framing lines in pen and brown ink on mount

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the field, that Cain rose vp against Abel his brother, and slew him.
GENESIS 4:8 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

The Met · Cain and Abel · CC0 · Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880

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