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- Massacre of the Innocents | Art Gallery of Ontario
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- Massacre of the Innocents | Art Gallery of Ontario
The Massacre of the Innocents is the subject of two paintings by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the episode of the biblical Massacre of the Innocents of Bethlehem, as related in the Gospel of Matthew (2:13–18).
- Oil on Canvas, Flemish Baroque
Oct 12, 2019 · The voluptuous female nudes painted by Peter Paul Rubens are so famous that the word Rubenesque is used to describe curvy figures to this day. Now a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of...
Nov 30, 2018 · Early Rubens will showcase 50 large-scale paintings, prints and drawings – some never shown before in North America. The exhibition will mark the return of the masterpiece The Massacre of the Innocents – a jewel from the AGO Collection, currently on loan to the Rubens House in Antwerp, Belgium where it was originally painted.
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Jan 29, 2009 · A woman in The Massacre of the Innocents wears the same red dress as Delilah and one soldier in Massacre looks remarkably like Samson. The paintings were sold several times after they...
Bruegel’s Massacre of the Innocents was a popular image, repeated numerous times by Bruegel’s imitators. The best versions (Brussels, Vienna. etc) are by the artist’s son, Pieter Brueghel the Younger and are of vital importance.
