Massacre of the Innocents

1739

John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in buff, gray, and two shades of brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 40.6 x 53 cm (16 x 20 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 49 x 65 cm (19 5/16 x 25 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.526

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 18

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 20, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 18

Inscriptions

lower center in block: Illustrissimo / et Praeclaro Viro Dno. Dno. / SMART LETHIEULLIER / Eruditae Antiquitatis Studioso / Investigatori, Tabellam hanc / JACOBI ROBUSTI in sui / obsequium D. D. D. J: B: Jackson

Wikidata ID

Q76557100

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