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Jan 15, 2021 · In July 2002, Rubens’s rediscovered painting Massacre of the Innocents, which depicts the Biblical scene of a violent massacre in Bethlehem, fetched a price of £49.5 million ($76.5 million)...
Oct 28, 2022 · The piece was recovered in 1987 and sold into a private collection in 1998. Now, more than 20 years later, it is back up for auction at Sotheby’s, where it’s expected to sell for up to $35 ...
Jul 11, 2002 · The Bond Street salesroom burst into applause after eight bidders fought to buy the work, ''The Massacre of the Innocents'' (1609-1611), a large, biblically inspired painting depicting the...
Jul 13, 2002 · Both Mr. Thomson's long-time picture framer and the manuscripts dealer who placed the winning bid said The Massacre of the Innocents, a heretofore little-known masterpiece by the...
After the large-scale panel painting by Rubens (199 x 302 cm.) in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (inv. no. AP 572) 1 - his second treatment of the subject, painted in circa 1638.
The work was sold at auction at Sotheby's, London on July 10, 2002, for £49.5 million (C$117 million) to Canadian businessman and art collector Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet.
A highly dramatic and cruel subject from the Gospel of Matthew (2:16-18), The Massacre of the Innocents represents a crucial moment in the careers of both Raphael and Marcantonio Raimondi, and marks a turning point in the history of printmaking.
