Art, literature & history
Cain Killing Abel
1511
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- woodcut on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 11.5 × 8.2 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 12.5 × 9.2 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.3.3671
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Albrecht Dürer. Cain Killing Abel. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Cain Killing Abel — Albrecht Dürer. 1511.
Medium: woodcut on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 11.5 × 8.2 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 12.5 × 9.2 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.3671. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.