Slaughter of Innocents Photos

When King Herod learns that a more powerful king is born in Bethlehem, he orders all boys less than 2 years old in the town to be slaughtered. The subject has been the subject of paintings in the Nativity cycle.

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Herod ordering killing of male babies on carved choir screen at Chartres Cathedral. Chartres, France.Massacre of Innocents painting by Léon Cogniet at Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes. Rennes, France.Slaughter of Innocents on Nativity Facade at Sagrada Familia. Barcelona, Spain.Infanticide at Bethlehem painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria.
Herod ordering killing of male babies on carved choir screen at Chartres Cathedral. Chartres, France.Massacre of Innocents painting (1824) by Léon Cogniet at Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes. Rennes, France.Slaughter of Innocents on Nativity Facade at Sagrada Familia. Barcelona, Spain.Infanticide at Bethlehem painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria.
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