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Lucas van Leyden: Adam and Eve Bemoaning the Death of Abel

Lucas van Leyden ca. 1490 – 1533

Adam and Eve Bemoaning the Death of Abel

engraving — 1529
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor

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This work is linked to Genesis 4:13

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Part of Lucas van Leyden's series on the Creation and Fall.

Adam and Eve mourn the death of their son Abel, who was killed by his brother Cain.

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