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Engraving on paper of the Massacre of the Innocents from a series of New Testament scenes, engraved and probably published by Jan Sadeler (1550-1600) after a design by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603) in Cologne in 1581. Latin text inscribed below is from Matthew 2.16. Mothers in Bethlehem try to protect their babies as soldiers slaughter all boys in Bethlehem two years and younger on the order of King Herod.
Massacre of the Innocents
Wep 0983
WEp_0983
Western Prints and Drawings collection
Latin (language)
Approved Category 2017/Printed Material/Print/Intaglio Print/Engraving
Approved Place 2018/Europe/Germany/North Rhine-Westphalia/Köln
Engraving
1581
1581
1581
false
Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Paper (material)
Ink (material)
fair
365 mm x 263 mm (height x width)
New Testament
art
after
Vos, Maarten de
Vos, Maarten de, after
prm
Sadeler, Jan (I)
Sadeler, Jan (I)
pbl
probably by
Sadeler, Jan (I)
Sadeler, Jan (I), probably by
Köln
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