The Massacre of the Innocents, 1590
by Vincent Monozlay
Title
The Massacre of the Innocents, 1590
Artist
Vincent Monozlay
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Painting - Oil On Canvas
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When Herod, the King of Judea, learned that a child destined to become King of the Jews would be born in Bethlehem, he ordered the slaughter of all boys under the age of two. The painter portrayed the massacre as a gruesome nightmare. Horror follows upon horror: at lower left a soldier slits a childs throat, while above them a woman gouges out a soldiers eyes.
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