Marcantonio RaimondiItalian, 1480–1534De kindermoord te Bethlehem
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “De kindermoord te Bethlehem” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
The mother running desperately towards us holding her child is the focus of this finely balanced composition. Other women and children are arranged around her, trying to escape from the naked soldiers. The tiled floor and the bodies of dead children create a spatial effect. Raphael prepared for this elegant, though gruesome ballet with numerous sketches, and engaged the expert engraver Marcantonio Raimondi to execute the design.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-12.101
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
