Cain hits his brother Abel. In the background you can see two altars. Cain's offering is rejected, the smoke goes down. Abel's sacrifice is accepted by God. Right God appears after the murder of Cain. Print is part of a series on the Ten Commandments and is a violation of the Fifth Commandment again: Thou shalt not kill. Down in the margin referring to the Bible in Latijn. Manufacturer : printmaker: Harmen Jansz Muller (listed building), designed by Maarten van Heemskerck (listed building) publisher: Philip Galle (listed property) Place manufacture: printmaker : Amsterdam Publisher: Antwerpen
Cain hits his brother Abel. In the background you can see two altars. Cain's offering is rejected, the smoke goes down. Abel's sacrifice is accepted by God. Right God appears after the murder of Cain. Print is part of a series on the Ten Commandments and is a violation of the Fifth Commandment again: Thou shalt not kill. Down in the margin referring to the Bible in Latijn. Manufacturer : printmaker: Harmen Jansz Muller (listed building), designed by Maarten van Heemskerck (listed building) publisher: Philip Galle (listed property) Place manufacture: printmaker : Amsterdam Publisher: Antwerpen Date: 1570 - 1612 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 212 mm × W 248 mm Subject: the killing or Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone , alternatively with a spade or another tool axis weapon'you Shall not kill '~ separate representation of the sixth commandment of the relative
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License: Licensed
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