Several oil-on-oak-panel versions of The Massacre of the Innocents were painted by the 16th-century Netherlandish painters Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his son Pieter Brueghel the Younger. The work translates the biblical account of the Massacre of the Innocents into a winter scene set in the Southern Netherlands on the eve of the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule, also known as the Eighty Years' War. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year Created LocationRoyal Collection, Windsor Castle 1 Medium
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What is now thought to be the only version by Bruegel the Elder (c.1565-1567) is in the British Royal Collection; for some time at Hampton Court Palace, since 2017 (to late 2024) it has been in Windsor Castle.
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Several oil-on-oak-panel versions of The Massacre of the Innocents were painted by the 16th-century Netherlandish painters Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his son Pieter Brueghel the Younger.
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Several oil-on-oak-panel versions of The Massacre of the Innocents were painted by 16th-century Netherlandish painters Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his son Pieter Brueghel the Younger. The work translates the Biblical account of t
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