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Massacre of the Innocents by Unknown — VisualArtsDB

Massacre of the Innocents

Massacre of the Innocents

1695–1705

Medium: Embroidery
Dimensions: 42.55 x 60.96 cm (16 3/4 x 24 in.)
Genre: Textile arts
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Italian

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Embroidered upholstery fragment depicting the Massacre of the Innocents. Finely worked in tent stitch. Linen canvas (z spun, single ply, even weave) on wool (two-ply woolen) and silk (multi-ply).

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