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Antonio Veneziano|Giulio Bonasone|Amico Aspertini

Cain holding a mirror watching his sacrifice engulfed in flames, Adam and Eve seated nearby; in the upper right an angel expelling them from Paradise

ca. 1530–50
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23.8 × 32 cm (9.4 × 12.6 in)

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