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Massacre of the Innocents
By Nicolas Poussin,1625
Painting, Oil paint, BaroqueÂ
Height 118cm, Width 179cm
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The Massacre of the Innocents is a 1625-1632 painting by Nicolas Poussin. It was probably commissioned by the Roman collector Vincenzo Giustiniani, probably in memory of the tragic fate of the Giust
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Nicolas Poussin
France
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Nicolas Poussin (June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his w
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The Massacre of the Innocents: Poussin's Poignant Masterpiece
Nicolas Poussin's "The Massacre of the Innocents" is a deeply emotional and dramatic painting that captures the horror and anguish of the biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew, where King Herod orders the killing of all male infants in Bethlehem. Created between 1625 and 1632, the pain
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The Massacre of the Innocents: Poussin's Poignant Masterpiece
SUMMARY
Nicolas Poussin's "The Massacre of the Innocents" is a deeply emotional and dramatic painting that captures the horror and anguish of the biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew, where King Herod orders the killing of all male infants in Bethlehem. Created between 1625 and 1632, the pain
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