Cain holding a mirror watching his sacrifice engulfed in flames, Adam and Eve seated nearby; in the upper right an angel expelling them from Paradise
Amico Aspertini|Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Giulio Bonasone · Italian|Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1530–50
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (23.5 x 32 cm)
Classification: Prints
Themes: Adam, Angels, David, Eve, Mirrors
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Date range
1525 – 1535
Largest dimension
32.0 cm
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