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7 Bible
71 Old Testament
71A Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve
71A8 the story of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:3-17)
71A82 the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon

71A823 Adam and Eve discover the dead body of Abel and grieve over it



Florentine School
Adam and Eve lamenting the death of Abel
17th Century

Willem Drost
The Discovery of Abel's Body
c. 1654-55

Hendrick Goltzius
Adam and Eve Mourning the Body of Abel
1613

Crispijn de Passe the Elder
Adam and Eve Mourning the Body of Abel
1612

Pieter Lastman
Adam and Eve Mourning the Body of Abel
1623


Attributed to Leonaert Bramer
Adam and Eve Mourning the Body of Abel
c. 1632-40

Jean-Jacques Henner
Adam and Eve Finding the Body of Abel
1858

Jean-Jacques Henner
Adam and Eve Finding the Body of Abel
1858

Jean-Jacques Henner
Adam and Eve Finding the Body of Abel
1858