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The Massacre of the Innocents is the subject of two paintings by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the episode of the biblical Massacre of the Innocents of Bethlehem, as related in the Gospel of Matthew (2:13–18).
- Oil on Canvas, Flemish Baroque
The Massacre of the Innocents. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 801. As recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18), Herod the Great, King of Judea, ordered the slaughter of boys under the age of two in and near the town of Bethlehem.
Bruegel’s Massacre of the Innocents was a popular image, repeated numerous times mainly by the artist and by his son, Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Shortly after its creation the painting came...
The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is a biblical story recounted in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.
Title: Massacre of the Innocents. Artist: Master ND (Italian, active 1540s) Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome) Date: ca. 1544. Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in green, dark green and black.
In an attempt to thwart the prophecy about Christ's rise to power, King Herod orders his soldiers to kill all the male infants under the age of two living in Bethlehem. They do this with ruthless efficiency. Bartolo's color scheme uses naturalistic details to enhance the drama of the scene.
Title: The Massacre of the Innocents. Artist: Giovanni Battista della Rovere (Italian, Milan ca. 1575–ca. 1630 Milan (?)) Date: ca. 1590. Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (recto); sketch for the decoration of a spandrel in pen and brown ink over red chalk (verso) Dimensions: 15-11/16 x 21-13/16 in. (39.9 x 55. ...
