Painting #B07 - The Massacre of the Innocents

The Massacre of the Innocents
- Peter Bruegel the Elder (c.1526-69, Flemish)
- oil on panel (109 x 155 cm) in c.1565
- British Royal Collection (Windsor Castle)

A winter scene in Netherlands in the prelude to the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule, also known as the Eighty Years' War (1566-1648).

The Massacre of the Innocents
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640, Flemish)
- oil on oak (142 x 182 cm) in 1611-12
- Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto)

The Biblical account of the Massacre of the Innocents --- killing all little boys in Bethlehem, where Joseph and pregnant Virgin Mary lived.