Massacre of the Innocents, 1637 - Peter Paul Rubens - Faisal Ali Qane




Faisal Ali Qane About Massacre of the Innocents


(By Faisal Ali QaneThis is the first in a series of two paintings by means of Rubens of the same name. This specific piece turned into held within the Liechtenstein Collection in Vienna Austria, for the reason that 17th century. In 1767, it becomes miscatalogued as a chunk by using one in every of Rubens’ students, which remained an error until 2001, when an expert artwork historian efficaciously attributed the paintings to Rubens, primarily based on his comparable work Samson and Delilah. It then offered at public sale the following year for £49.5 million and changed into later donated to The Art Gallery of Ontario, lodge Toronto Canada.

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