Massacre of the Innocents

ca. 1380 (Medieval)

129.8 cm 89.2 cm 3.5 cm

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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...

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Church of Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano; Malenotti Collection, San Gimignano [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Cardinal Feschi Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Viscount Bernard d'Hendecourt Collection, Paris, prior to 1914 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Demotte, Paris, 1917 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Gothic
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