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Cain violently kills Abel. Engraving by Jan Muller after Cornelis van Harlem.
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Cain violently kills Abel. Engraving by Jan Muller after Cornelis van Harlem.

Cornelis Cornelisz van Harlem

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Lettering: Impius, ecce, Cain fratrem iugulauit & Abelem, innocuo humectans sanguine primus humum. Pro dolor! ex illo quot in orbe fuere Tyranni, queis terra innocus tota cruare madet. Cor. Cornely Harlemen inventor & Johan. Muller sculptor. Harmannus Muller excudebat Amsterdam.

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