The Massacre of The Innocents
Date15th Century
Object PlaceTreviglio, Lombardy, Italy, Southern Europe, Europe
MediumTempera on poplar panel
Dimensions8 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (21.59 × 26.04 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund
Object number64.81
DescriptionScene of soldiers killing infants is placed within an architectural setting. In the left foreground a soldier chases two women. In the center foreground another soldier stabs an infant. At right middleground a soldier holding a dagger chases a woman holding an infant. Under an arch in the center background a crowned, seated figure watches. Other figures observe the scene from a gallery above.On View
Not on view15th Century
15th Century
15th Century
17th Century
1517
c. 1530
19th/20th Century
c. 1480
1846