04 Paintings, The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents, by Gustave Doré, Guido Reni and Peter Paul Rubens, with footnotes
Oct 18, 2023
Massacre of the Innocents, ca. 1869
Pen, ink and ink wash heightened with white on wove paper
22 × 33 in | 55.9 × 83.8 cm
New York Academy of Art
The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is an incident 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…