Male human biblical figure in Genesis 4, son of Adam and Eve

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Adam sacrifices a lamb, which Eve scatters with flowers (left); Thirza mourns by the water (right). Etching by R.B. Peake after T. Uwins.

Cain bends over the dead Abel; Cain flees in the background. Etching by F. Hortemels, 1729, after A. Sacchi.

Cain kills Abel. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.

Cain killing Abel. Etching.

Cain kills Abel under a stormy sky. Wood engraving by H. Pisan after G. Dore.

Cain violently kills Abel. Engraving by Jan Muller after Cornelis van Harlem.

Cain slaying Abel. Etching by V. Lefebvre after Titian.

Cain and Abel make their sacrifices to God; Cain kills Abel. Engraving by F. Villamena after Raphael.

Abel sits distressed beside his thankless sacrifice. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.

Cain killing Abel. Engraving by F.H. van Hove after G. Freman.

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Abel

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Images featuring Abel

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Cain and Abel make their sacrifices to God; Cain kills Abel. Engraving by F. Villamena after Raphael.

Cain slaying Abel. Etching by V. Lefebvre after Titian.

Cain violently kills Abel. Engraving by Jan Muller after Cornelis van Harlem.

Cain kills Abel. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.

Cain killing Abel. Engraving by F.H. van Hove after G. Freman.

Abel

Images from the collections

Images featuring Abel

Works from the collections

Cain and Abel make their sacrifices to God; Cain kills Abel. Engraving by F. Villamena after Raphael.

Cain slaying Abel. Etching by V. Lefebvre after Titian.

Cain violently kills Abel. Engraving by Jan Muller after Cornelis van Harlem.

Cain kills Abel. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.

Cain killing Abel. Engraving by F.H. van Hove after G. Freman.

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