Adriaen Collaert1580

Kindermoord

Soldiers carry out Herod's command to kill the young children of Bethlehem, the slaughter of the innocents that follows the birth of Christ (Matthew 2). An engraving by the Netherlandish printmaker Adriaen Collaert.

Kindermoord by Adriaen Collaert depicting Matthew 2
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About Adriaen Collaert

1560-1618 · Netherlandish

Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1560–1618 Antwerp

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