# Murder of the Innocents in Bethlehem [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROMANESQUE PAINTER, Catalan]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Murder of the Innocents in Bethlehem c. 1180 Fresco Panteón de los Reyes, Colegiata de San Isidoro, León The Panteón de los Reyes of San Isidoro in León is the burial place of several kings and queens of León \(almost 33 members of the ancient Court of León\). The burial chamber was decorated by an artist from Catalonia who around 1180 painted magnificent frescoes over the walls and on the ceiling. Using mainly bluish-grey, red and deep-brown shades and a typically Byzantine style, the artist depicted scenes from the life of Christ that are enlivened by ornamental plant motifs and animals. The Panteón de los Reyes has been called the "Sistine Chapel of the Romanesque period." ## Related artworks - [Christ Pantocrator]() - [Christ Pantocrator]() - [Majestas Domini with Evangelists and Saints \(detail\)]() - [Majestas Domini with Evangelists and Saints \(detail\)]() - [The Annunciation to the Shepherds]() - [The Fight between David and Goliath \(detail\)]() - [The Fight between David and Goliath]() - [The Madonna Enthroned]() - [View of the interior]() - [View of the interior]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()