Medieval stained glass in Beauvais Cathedral depicting scenes from the life of Jesus.
This panel, from the bottom up, shows the Annunciation to the Shepherds, the Epiphany, the Massacre of the Innocents, and the flight into Egypt.
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The infants that the bible says Herod had killed in and around Bethlehem as he feared that a newborn King would deprive him of his throne.
These two panels form the uppermost narrative tier of the Tree of Jesse window at Tours Cathedral. Positioned to the left and right of Christ enthroned, they represent the climax of the Infancy cycle and illustrate events immediately following Christ’s birth. The scenes reflect both the historical narrative and its theological meaning within the larger composition.
This Gothic quatrefoil relief on the North Portal of Rouen Cathedral depicts the Massacre of the Innocents and belongs to the earliest phase of the north-front sculptural campaign, dated 1278–1300. Although the surface has suffered erosion, the core elements of the narrative remain clear.
The Massacre of the Innocents from the Abbey Church of St Ouen in Rouen is a powerful surviving fragment of the great Infancy of Christ cycle created during the abbacy of Jean Roussel, between about 1325 and 1339, when St Ouen was one of the most ambitious Gothic building projects in northern France.
This panel, dated to 1520, in bay 36 of Evreux Cathedral depicts Herod ordering the Massacre of the Innocents.
This dramatic high-relief carving forms part of the Renaissance choir screen (jubé) at Chartres Cathedral, sculpted in stages between 1514 and 1544. The scene represents the Massacre of the Innocents, executed in 1542, and exemplifies the fully developed naturalism and emotional intensity of the late French Renaissance.