Massacre of the Innocents

Massacre of the Innocents
 (1617-1642)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching
Measurements
6.9 × 17.3 cm (image) 7.2 × 17.5 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 8.5 × 18.9 cm (support)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
IFF 108 or 109
Printing/Publishing
published by Jean Le Blond I, Paris
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: P Brebiette fec (…illeg.)
printed in ink l.l.: Aúec priuilege
printed in ink l.r.: Le Blond excud
Accession Number
1461-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology Violence
Subjects (specific)
deaths disasters Flight into Egypt (New Testament narrative) infants massacres mothers religious characters warriors

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