Massacre of the Innocents
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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
The top price for an Old Master was reached in 2002 when Sir Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents sold for £49.5m.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2012
The top price of £49.5m was reached in 2002 by Sir Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2012
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 former shows the Flight into Egypt and the Massacre of the Innocents; the latter the Nativity and Adoration of the Kings.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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