Cain and Abel: The Sacrifice, The Murder

Circa 1310-31
Bas-relief
Orvieto Cathedral

In the sacrifice panel Abel is fully dressed, Cain less so. In the murder scene both are completely naked. The murder weapon is an odd club that Dr. Freud would surely comment on.

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Photographed at the cathedral by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.