File:Andrea di Bartolo - Massacre of the Innocents - Walters 371018.jpg
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The Massacre of the Innocents
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The Massacre of the Innocents
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English: In an attempt to thwart the prophecy about Christ's rise to power, King Herod orders his soldiers to kill all the male infants under the age of two living in Bethlehem. They do this with ruthless efficiency. Bartolo's color scheme uses naturalistic details to enhance the drama of the scene. Note the contrast between the rosy coloring of the infants who are still alive and the green pallor of those already dead. This painting, which is beautifully preserved, was part of a monumental altarpiece commissioned for the Church of San Agostino in San Gimignano and was placed atop a large painting of the Presentation in the Temple now in the Museé du Louvre, Paris. The Massacre of the Innocents might have been executed by both Bartolo and Andrea (active 1389-1428), working collaboratively as a father and son team. |
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| Date | circa 1380 (Middle Ages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | tempera and gold leaf on panel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 89.2 cm (35.1 in); width: 129.8 cm (51.1 in); depth: 3.5 cm (1.3 in); Visible painted surface height: 85 cm (33.4 in); width: 126 cm (49.6 in); Panel height: 85.4 cm (33.6 in); width: 125.5 cm (49.4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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37.1018 |
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| Place of creation | San Gimignano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1962. Déjà Vu? The Repeating Image in Renaissance and Baroque Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2007-2008. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | [Transcription] SPQR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 29 , pp. 48−50 OCLC: 2463997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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| 15:13, 23 March 2012 |  | 1,800 × 1,291 (1.55 MB) | File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = {{Creator:Andrea di Bartolo}} |title = ''Massacre of the Innocents'' |description = {{en|In an attempt to thwart the prophecy about Christ's rise to power, King Her... |
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