The First Mourning (in French Premier Deuil) is an oil painting on canvas created in 1888 by the French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

It is in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[1] This work depicts the moment after Adam and Eve just found the body of their son Abel, who was murdered by Cain.

Bouguereau had suffered the loss of his second son shortly before painting this work.

[2] Its original name is "Premier Deuil", in French, of which "The First Mourning" is a literal translation.