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Thou Shalt Not Kill: Cain Slaying Abel, from The Ten Commandments, plate 5

After Maarten van Heemskerck Netherlandish
Publisher Hieronymus Cock Netherlandish
ca 1566
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Thou Shalt Not Kill: Cain Slaying Abel, from The Ten Commandments, plate 5
  • Series/Portfolio: The Ten Commandments
  • Artist: Herman Müller
  • Artist: After Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, Heemskerck 1498–1574 Haarlem)
  • Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp)
  • Date: ca 1566
  • Medium: Engraving, first state of three (New Hollstein)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 13 9/16 in. (25.9 × 34.4 cm)
    Plate: 8 1/4 × 9 13/16 in. (21 × 25 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.4(146)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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