Massacre of the Innocents
Britishnoun
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The most expensive artwork sold in Europe is Alberto Giacometti's Walking Man, which sold for £65,001,250 in 2010, followed by Peter Paul Rubens' The Massacre of the Innocents, which sold for £49,506,648 in 2002.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 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
The design shows, as clearly as that of the Massacre of the Innocents, Giotto's want of power, and partly of desire, to represent rapid or forceful action.
From Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel by John Ruskin
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