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Cain Slaying Abel

(Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
(Netherlandish, about 1552–1624?)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 27.7 x 22.1 cm (10 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP6791
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below image: CRVDELIS LIVORE CAIN, DVM SVRGIT ABELI/VICTIMA, GERMANVM STERNIT, ET OSSE NECAT.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.