Engraving in a horizontal strip: figures burn offerings on altars at left, a kneeling man looks up, and at right a man raises a tool over a fallen figure.

Cain and Abel make their sacrifices to God; Cain kills Abel

A horizontal engraving shows several biblical scenes: two figures make fiery offerings on stone altars at left, while a kneeling man with a staff looks upward toward a cloud-borne figure above. At right, a standing man raises a tool over a fallen figure beside grazing sheep.

Artist: Raphael
Date: [1626]
Medium: Intaglio prints
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 1561 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1626.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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