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Two salt-cellars, one with Cain and Abel, and one with the Sacrifice of Isaac
Vianen, Adam van (I)1620
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
These two silver sculptures are actually salt-cellars. Each depicts an Old Testament scene with a figure threatening another. One presents Cain killing his brother out of envy, and the other Abraham obeying God’s command to sacrifice his son Isaac.
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- Title: Two salt-cellars, one with Cain and Abel, and one with the Sacrifice of Isaac
- Creator: Vianen, Adam van (I)
- Date Created: 1620
- Physical Dimensions: zilver
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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