Cain and Abel
Author: Solis, Virgil, 1514-1562
Image Title: Cain and Abel
Scripture Reference:
- Genesis 4 (further images / scripture text)
Description: Cain (left) and Abel each present an offering to God, here enthroned upon the clouds (background left). In the foreground, Cain murders Abel in a fit of jealousy after God preferred Abel’s offering to his own. The artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), has placed his monogram in the lower right corner of the woodcut.
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