Massacre of the Innocents
Britishnoun
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You'll see a very good Pieter Bruegel the Elder painting called The Massacre of the Innocents.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2017
In this retelling, the Massacre of the Innocents is not just a foreordained step on the way to glory but an indelible horror that contaminates Jesus and his family forever.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2015
In 2002 his Massacre of the Innocents was sold for £49.5m at auction, setting a record for a work by an Old Master.
From BBC ● May 28, 2013
The record is held by Rubens' The Massacre of the Innocents which sold for £49.5m in 2002.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2011
In 1613 appeared in Dutch his tragedy of The Massacre of the Innocents; and in 1614 his treatise De politico sapientia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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