The Massacre of The Innocents
Date:
15th Century
Medium:
Tempera on poplar panel
Dimensions:
8 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (21.59 × 26.04 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund
Object number:
64.81
Scene of soldiers killing infants is placed within an architectural setting. In the left foreground a soldier chases two women. In the center foreground another soldier stabs an infant. At right middleground a soldier holding a dagger chases a woman holding an infant. Under an arch in the center background a crowned, seated figure watches. Other figures observe the scene from a gallery above.
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