het Lam Gods: Paneel Eva detail van De broedermoord van Kaïn op zijn jongere broer Abel
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The Ghent Altarpiece: panel Eve detail Kain murders his younger brother Abel

By
Jan van Eyck; Hubert van Eyck
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Sint-Baafskathedraal Gent
Photographer
Hugo Maertens
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Two pieces of imitation sandstone sculpture appear above Adam and Eve. These reliefs illustrate the first consequence of the couple's sin Cain's murder of his younger brother Abel. They serve as another symbol of the tragic history of humankind which has suffered so much from fraticidal violence.

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The Ghent Altarpiece: panel Eve detail Kain murders his younger brother Abel
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0010009010
Inventory number
426
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The Ghent Altarpiece: panel Eve detail Kain murders his younger brother Abel
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0010009010
Inventory number
426
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The Ghent Altarpiece: panel Eve detail Kain murders his younger brother Abel
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Inventory number
426
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