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in her magical palace and enchanted gardens
the dagger in her right hand ready to slay
Probably painted in the mid-1660s
An ancient temple provides the architectural backdrop against which the action is staged
The painting's original illustrious attribution explains its magnificent carved
The Massacre of the Innocents Frame:white in her magical palace andThe subject is from Matthew II, 16 18: having learnt from the wise men of the birth in Bethlehem of the King of the Jews, Herod ordered that the young children of the city be put to death. The picture was begun in 1647, or shortly after, but was left unfinished probably until the mid 1660s, when it was completed for Gdon du Metz, keeper of the Royal Treasury. There are several preliminary drawings in the Louvre.
