Massacre of the Innocents

Hendrick Goltziusca. 1584

Details

Title: Massacre of the Innocents
Creator: Hendrick Goltzius
Date Created: ca. 1584
Print State: First of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1939
Materials & Techniques: Engraving. Watermark: Watermark as in Strauss i/iii
Keywords: Bible, death, New Testament, religions, religious art, unfinished, violence
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Unfinished plate, with large areas left unexecuted
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 473 mm x 374 mm (18.62 in. x 14.72 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 23 (vol. 3, p. 18); Hollstein 17 i; Strauss 206 i/iii
Associated People: Created by Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Accession Number: 1939.D1.168

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