Infanticide in Bethlehem, In the courtyard of Herod's palace in Bethlehem, mothers try to protect their children from his soldiers. They rip the children from the arms of desperate mothers. The soldiers have been ordered to kill all boys aged two and under. There is a sheet of paper with this commandment in Dutch hanging on the column. In the margin a Bible quote from Matt. 2 in Latin. Below that a twelve-line caption, in two columns, in Dutch, German and French. Map is digitally composed of 6 separate parts., print, print maker: anonymous, after print by: Paulus Pontius, after painting by

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