Kaïn doodt Abel

Cain is depicted mid-strike, looming over his brother Abel with an animal jawbone raised as a weapon. In the background, the divine reaction to their offerings is visible: smoke from Cain’s fruit offering on the left curls downward to the earth, while smoke from Abel’s lamb on the right rises straight toward the celestial light. A third figure in the middle distance, likely Adam, reacts with a gesture of despair to the sight of the first murder.

This scene represents the origin of human violence and the 'fallen' state of nature within the Western tradition. In esoteric and Gnostic thought, Cain and Abel are often interpreted as representing the duality of the human soul—the material, terrestrial 'Cain' nature versus the spiritual, pneumatic 'Abel' nature.