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Herod the Great and the Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem
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Herod the Great and the Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem

Bernard Picart · 1715 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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King Herod with a scepter in his hand. The ground is strewn with the corpses of the children he had murdered. In the lower corners of the ornamental frame, harpies.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHerodes de Grote en de kindermoord in Betlehem. 1715. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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