Caption

The infanticide in Bethlehem, Matthew, chapter 2, verse 16, King Herod has all boys under 2 years of age killed in Bethlehem, murder, warriors, swords, command, babies, crime, misery, grief, suffering, Christian religion, Bible, New Testament, steel engraving Doré, historical illustration 1885

Date

Feb 22, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Wolfgang Diederich

Reference

BRK26D68_081

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

81.8Mb (27.3Mb) / 15.3in x 20.7in / 4596 x 6222 (300dpi)

Keywords

young history scripture Christianity faith religion warrior weapon king crime poor order year two child suffering boy murder illustration Christian depiction illegality religious historic sword holy criminal battle mourn armed person verse suffer poverty illegal social issue jack steel engraving copper engraving engraving infant Matthew the Apostle New Testament Bethlehem Bible Notes Historic illustration Infanticide Misery Religious text belief criminality 2 kid representation historical sacred fight mourning Human being engraved image baby St. Matthew Historical illustration instruction St. grief People command scriptures religions warriors weapons kings orders years children boys murders illustrations depictions illegalities swords crimes battles persons verses social issues jacks steel engravings copper engravings engravings infants Historic illustrations Religious texts kids historically human babies Historical illustrations royal depicting historical image history image history images mourns individual individuals suffers who suffered Matthew representing fighting humans etching