# Massacre of the Innocents \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DUCCIO di Buoninsegna](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Tempera on wood

## Commentary

In this detail the painter contrasts the dense, dramatically emotional group of desperate women with the two soldiers who are calmly going about their work to kill the helpless children.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-rb5fb2332f396f8>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(scene 3\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/adoration-of-the-magi-scene-3-r2032fb2a8cd9cb>)
- [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/agony-in-the-garden-detail-r4437d7b4660342>)
- [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/agony-in-the-garden-detail-r630fd3fe805e46>)
- [Agony in the Garden \(scene 6\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/agony-in-the-garden-scene-6-r437a2d0e450500>)
- [Announcement of Death to the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/announcement-of-death-to-the-virgin-detail-r233b0ce7a0842b>)
- [Announcement of Death to the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/announcement-of-death-to-the-virgin-detail-r5c845197e32f13>)
- [Announcement of Death to the Virgin \(panel 1\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/announcement-of-death-to-the-virgin-panel-1-r8187cddad9950c>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/annunciation-detail-r4571e73e4ad604>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/annunciation-detail-r94c1f02942a7b6>)
- [Annunciation \(scene 1\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/annunciation-scene-1-r47b5570150e1a8>)
- [Appearance Behind Locked Doors \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/duccio-di-buoninsegna-r4fad75d6f780f9/appearance-behind-locked-doors-detail-r44c1990d42c434>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)