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Dirck Volckertz. Coornhert
The Massacre of the Innocentscirca 1550

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting a dense crowd of nude male figures in violent struggle before classical architecture, with fine cross-hatched lines and a date of 1588

Dirck Volckertz. Coornhert, The Massacre of the Innocents, circa 1550, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Dirck Volckertz. Coornhert
Title
The Massacre of the Innocents
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
circa 1550
Medium
Engraving from two plates
Dimensions
10 3/4 x 23 in. (27.31 x 58.42 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.93
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.