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God curses Cain

Pieter van der Borcht (I) · 1582 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

God appears to Cain and curses him because he has murdered his brother (Gen. 4:12). On the right, among the trees, lies the dead Abel. With a motto in Latin above the image and a four-line inscription in Latin below the print. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print albumblad animals

Credit lineGod vervloekt Kaïn. 1582. Pieter van der Borcht (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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