The Sacrifice of Cain and Abel

2nd half 16th century (late Renaissance) Diam: 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm) Citation Source image

This plate is a companion piece to Walters 44.56. At the right Abel kneels in prayer before the small square altar on which the flame of his offering mounts straight heavenward, while his brother Cain, kneeling at left center, turns in dismay from his altar where the flames of...

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23698
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, no. 67; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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