A woodcut titled "Cain Killing Abel," by Albrecht Durer, 1511, showing Cain in the act of killing his brother Abel, the first murder in the Genesis narrative. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 20.65.3, Drawings and Prints department, Rogers Fund, 1921.
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Depicted SubjectCain killing his brother Abel, the first act of murder in the Genesis narrative, recounted in Genesis chapter four. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Cain, Figures The Met's own title for this woodcut names Cain outright in the act it depicts, "Cain Killing Abel," and the museum's own tags confirm Abel and Cain, a narrative identification rather than a bare tag.
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