Cain Slaying Abel (one of a set of four)

Possibly the workshop of the Muller 

Designer:
Design attributed to Matthäus Merian the Elder (Swiss, Basel 1593–1650 Schwalbach)
Date:
late 17th century
Culture:
Swiss, Zug
Medium:
Glass-stained
Dimensions:
7 3/4 x 10 in. (19.7 x 25.4 cm)
Classification:
Glass
Credit Line:
The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Accession Number:
32.100.344
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Cain schlug seinen Bruder tod Gott strafft in das er lieff in not Sein lebtag zittrend hin und her An gottes gnad verzweÿffelter. [Cain struck his brother dead. God punished him so that he fled in affliction (During) all the days of his life, trembling, here and there, Doubting God's mercifulness.]

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