Holy Innocents by Guido Reni

Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem. King Herod ordered all the babies age 2 and under to be murdered. Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus fled to Egypt because an angel warned Joseph in a dream. Artist is Guido Reni 1575-1642, Italy

• • flight to Egypt,
  • Guido Reni,
  • Herod slays the babies,
  • king herod,
  • Massacre of the Innocents,
  • Rachel weeping