1219808 The Massacre of the Innocents, 1590 (oil on canvas) by Cornelisz. van Haarlem, Cornelis (1562-1638); 245x385 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: When Herod, the King of Judea, learned that a child destined to become ???ing of the Jews??would be born in Bethlehem, he ordered the slaughter of all boys under the age of two. The painter portrayed the massacre as a gruesome nightmare. Horror follows upon horror: at lower left a soldier slits a child??? throat, while above them a woman gouges out a soldier??? eyes.); Dutch, out of copyright.