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| Albrecht Dürer Cain slaying Abel 1511 woodcut Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Giovanni Gallo after Marco Pino Cain and Abel ca. 1550-1600 chiaroscuro woodcut Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Domenico Cresti (Il Passignano) Cain slaying Abel ca. 1590-1600 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Palma il Giovane Studies for Cain slaying Abel before 1628 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Giacomo Piccini after a lost fresco by Pordenone Cain slaying Abel ca. 1656 engraving British Museum |
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| Jacopo Tintoretto Cain and Abel ca. 1550-53 oil on canvas Gallerie dell' Accademia, Venice |
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| Peter Paul Rubens Cain slaying Abel ca. 1608-1609 oil on panel Courtauld Gallery, London |
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| Bartolomeo Manfredi Cain slaying Abel ca. 1610 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Daniele Crespi Cain slaying Abel before 1630 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Pietro Novelli (il Monrealese) Cain slaying Abel before 1647 oil on canvas Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Giuseppe Alberti Cain slaying Abel 1673 oil on canvas Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento |
from Manfred
By thy cold breast and serpent smile,
By thy unfathomed gulfs of guile,
By that most seeming virtuous eye,
By thy shut soul's hypocrisy,
By the perfection of thine art
Which passed for human thine own heart,
By thy delight in others' pain,
And by thy brotherhood with Cain,
I call upon thee! and compel
Thyself to be thy proper Hell!
And on thy head I pour the vial
Which doth devote thee to this trial;
Not to slumber, nor to die,
Shall be in thy destiny;
Though thy death shall still seem near
To thy wish, but as a fear;
Lo! the spell now works around thee
And the clankless chain hath bound thee;
O'er thy heart and brain together
Hath the word been passed – now wither!
– George Gordon, Lord Byron (1816)
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| Pieter Lastman Lamentation over the body of Abel 1624 oil on panel Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam |
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| Antonio Balestra Death of Abel before 1740 oil on canvas David Owsley Museum of Art, Muncie, Indiana |
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| Antonio Balestra The Soul of Abel ascending to Heaven before 1740 oil on canvas Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Benedetto Luti Cain fleeing from the sight of God after the death of Abel 1692 oil on canvas National Trust, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire |
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| Anonymous Copyist after Benedetto Luti Cain fleeing from the sight of God after the death of Abel after 1692 drawing Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Jan de Bisschop Remorse of Cain ca. 1668-71 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |