Mothers try to protect their children from Herod's soldiers. They have been ordered to kill all boys two years old and younger in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16). The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.
| Artist |
Adriaen Collaert
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | The Massacre of the Innocents, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christi |
| Date | ca. 1598 - 1618 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Tunc Herodes videns quoniam illusus esset a magis, iratus ets valde; et mittens occidit omnes pueros qui erant in Bethleem, et in omnibus finibus eius |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Matth.2. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 9. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, left middle: M. de Vos inventor. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Adrian. Collaert sculp. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Ioan Galle excud. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LZ-7 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-7 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11600/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11I72(HEROD)
Herod (not in biblical context)
Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 25I2 village Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D111 infant, baby ~ the ages of man Iconclass 31D1111 male infant Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 42A30 motherhood Iconclass 42B12 mother-love Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2121 son (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 45B the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 61E(BETHLEHEM) names of cities and villages (BETHLEHEM) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73B63 the massacre of the innocents Iconclass 73B632 soldiers entering Bethlehem ~ massacre of the innocents Iconclass 73B633 the massacre ot the innocents; sometimes Herod looking on Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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