The Massacre of the Innocents Goes On  

Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens. (1612)

The biblical narrative of Herod’s decision to butcher some 3,000 innocent children inspired Rennaissance and Baroque artists to produce hundreds of dramatic and powerful harrowing canvases of all sizes. Under the title The Massacre of the Innocents, this genocide, ordered and overseen by Herod, has been memorialized in art by Peter Paul Rubens, Guido Reni, Giotto, Breughel the Elder, and Nicolas Poussin, to name but a few.

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