The Massacre of the Innocents (Without the Fir Tree)

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The Massacre of the Innocents (Without the Fir Tree)

Marcantonio RaimondiLinkedCulture matchlcp-0209090d3d3a

Date
about 1511–12
Medium
engraving
Culture
Italy, 16th century
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
140248

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Raphael drew this composition to be engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi while working in the Vatican apartments adjacent to Michelangelo, who was then painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The emotive scene portrays a moment from the biblical Book of Matthew when King Herod, hearing of the birth of a savior, ordered the execution of all male children under two years of age. Known for the clarity and balance of his forms and compositions, the younger Raphael may have found inspiration for this composition in Michelangelo’s narrative intensity and active, twisting nude forms.

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Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

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