Art, literature & history
Massacre of the Innocents
1714
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown and gray ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper with scraping, incised throughout, the verso blackened for transfer
- Dimensions
- overall: 20 x 26 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1972.2.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Bernard Picart. Massacre of the Innocents. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Massacre of the Innocents — Bernard Picart. 1714.
Medium: pen and brown and gray ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper with scraping, incised throughout, the verso blackened for transfer.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 20 x 26 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1972.2.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.