Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1590 - The Massacre of the Innocents - fine art print

Original information about the work of art from the museum (© - by Rijksmuseum - Rijksmuseum)

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 child’s throat, while above them a woman gouges out a soldier’s eyes.

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Summary of the classic art replica

In 1590 the Dutch artist Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem made this work of art called "The Massacre of the Innocents". The artwork is in the the Rijksmuseum's digital collection, which is the largest museum for Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to the present day. With courtesy of: Rijksmuseum (public domain).Furthermore, the artpiece has the creditline: . What is more, the alignment is landscape with a ratio of 3 : 2, which implies that the length is 50% longer than the width.

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