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The Massacre of the Innocents
The Massacre of the Innocents
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The Massacre of the Innocents

by Charles Le Brun

Date: mid-1660s

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

  • Accession number

    DPG202

  • Artist

    Charles Le Brun

  • Date

    mid-1660s

  • Dimensions

    133 x 187.4 cm

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

The subject is from Matthew II, 16-18: having learnt from the wise men of the birth in Bethlehem of the King of the Jews, Herod ordered that the young children of the city be put to death. The picture was begun in 1647, or shortly after, but was left unfinished probably until the mid-1660s, when it was completed for Gédé​on Berbier du Metz, keeper of the Royal Treasury. There are several preliminary drawings in the Louvre.

The Massacre of the Innocents

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