The Massacre of the Innocents, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christi
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Maerten de Vos (after),
Joannes Galle (publisher)
,
Adriaen Collaert (engravers (printmakers))
Date
ca. 1598 - 1618Periods
16th century, 17 centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
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.
