print
- Museum number
- 1860,0414.126
- Description
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The massacre of the innocents
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1624-25 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 283 millimetres (unevenly trimmed)
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Width: 184 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Formerly described as anonymous Italian, the identification of Stella is due to Sylvain Kerspern (email Feb 2023): That woodcut is one of the "camayeux" engraved by Jacques Stella in 1622-1625 in Rome.
http://www.dhistoire-et-dart.com/Stella/Stella-cat-Camayeu.html
It is no. 19 in her list of works from this period. For a list of the ten BM impressions from this group see 1856,1213.73
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1860
- Acquisition notes
- The 255 woodcuts came from a group of 500 that was offered by Colnaghi for £500 (see Carpenter's report dated 21 March 1860). According to the register these came from the collection of William Russell. Carpenter proposed making a selection of those that the BM lacked; this was first declined by Colnaghi's, but was later accepted (see his later report dated 11 April). The final selection of 255 prints cost 300 guineas. Nos.312 to 327 were Japanese colour prints - almost the earliest to enter the BM collection.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1860,0414.126
