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Massacre of the Holy Innocents

Narrative from the Gospel of Matthew

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  • The massacre of the innocents. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.
  • A king presiding over a massacre of infants; soldiers pour the blood of the infants into a boiling vat; probably representing the stage of 'putrefaction' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Massacre of the innocents: a woman kneels and pleads with a Roman soldier not to kill the infant he is holding down with his foot. Line engraving by J. Coelemans after C. Spierre.
  • The massacre of the innocents. Chiaroscuro woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1745, after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • The massacre of the innocents. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.

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    The adoration of the magi. Engraving by D. Chiossone after F. Miniati after D. Ghirlandaio, 1488.

    Domenico Ghirlandaio | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 2852680i
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    The massacre of the innocents. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.

    Guido Reni | Reference: 11801i
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    Massacre of the innocents: a woman kneels and pleads with a Roman soldier not to kill the infant he is holding down with his foot. Line engraving by J. Coelemans after C. Spierre.

    Spierre, Claude, 1642-1681. | Reference: 43046i
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    The massacre of the innocents. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.

    Johann Friedrich Overbeck | Date: 1843 | Reference: 23553i
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    The massacre of the innocents. Chiaroscuro woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1745, after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

    Jacopo Tintoretto | Reference: 22386i
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Murder
Infants in the Bible
Christianity
Parent and child
Death
Grief
Infanticide
Soldiers
Violence
First-born children

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