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  • The massacre of the innocents. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.
  • A king presiding over a massacre of infants; soldiers pour the blood of the infants into a boiling vat; probably representing the stage of 'putrefaction' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Massacre of the innocents: a woman kneels and pleads with a Roman soldier not to kill the infant he is holding down with his foot. Line engraving by J. Coelemans after C. Spierre.
  • The massacre of the innocents. Chiaroscuro woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1745, after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • The massacre of the innocents. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.