The Massacre of the Innocents (Plate 9)

The Massacre of the Innocents (Plate 9)

The massacre of the innocents. In the foreground, a soldier slaying a woman on the ground, seen from behind, protecting her child; to left, a soldier chasing a mother and child from a building; children corpses seen liying on the ground on either sides; King Herod and his men witnessing the massacre, seen in the background to right; a pillared building seen in the background at centre, with a mother escaping from an armed soldier.
Engraving with contemporary colouring

Gerard de Jode

1585

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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1968-1018-1-238

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