# Two salt-cellars, one with Cain and Abel, and one with the Sacrifice of Isaac

- By: Adam van Vianen (I) (Utrecht, 1568–1627)
- Date: 1620
- Medium: silver (metal)
- Classification: salt (condiment vessel)
- Dimensions: diameter 13 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-1960-15-A--a62b6e56a4f4910e25387e73f59440e1)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/NkjUZ/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.