Title

Cain killing Abel, 1524. Creator: Lucas van Leyden.

Caption

Cain killing Abel, 1524. The story is recounted in the Book of Genesis and tells of Cain's jealousy of his younger brother, whose sacrifice is preferred by God. Cain kills Abel and is condemned to be an outcast in the lands 'east of Eden'. In this engraving, the bearded and clearly older figure of Cain is about to land the death blow on the youthful Abel's exposed neck with the jawbone of an ass.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A24_144

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45,8Mb (7,0Mb) / 10,8in x 16,5in / 3228 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe portrait people male man men family religious arts country religion naked body bodies nude law art guy crime violence museum Netherlands Dutch color death scene Christianity brother cruelty Renaissance depiction location century gesturing Bible murder bone print sibling Biblical concept violent killing B&W two people slaughter nudity hand gesture posture jealousy arm raised envy cruel engraved engraving nakedness Colour Arm Up Old Testament black & white black and white B W white and black Genesis 16th century Abel Cain sixteenth century Book of Genesis jawbone murdering slaughtering TGN engraving portrait Biblical scene Lucas van Leyden Lucas Hugensz Lucas Jacobsz Leyden Lucas van van Leyden Lucas Lucas of Leyden Leyden Lucas of Lucas Huyghensz Lucas Huyghenszoon Huyghenszoon Lucas Huyghensz Lucas 1520s Heritage Art Low Countries fraticide Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa