Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, The Epistle to the Hebrews chapter 11 (series title), In the foreground Abel kneels at his sacrificial altar on which lambs are offered to God. God approves of Abel's sacrifice and has appeared at the top of the cloud of smoke. Behind this, Abel is being beaten to death by Cain. In the background, Cain is kneeling at his sacrificial altar on which sheaves of wheat are being offered. The smoke goes down, the sacrifice is refused. Below the image is a two-line text in Latin, numbered left in the margin: 1. The print is part of a series of prints on the Letter to the Hebrews chapter 11., print maker: Pieter Jalhea Furnius, 1550 - 1625, paper, engraving, height 295 mm × width 195 mm
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