
AT-00019819
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The Massacre of the Innocents
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, Bologna 1665–1747 Bologna)
- Date
- 1665–1747
- Medium
- Red chalk, over traces of black chalk
- Dimensions
- 17-3/16 x 23-3/8 in. (43.7 x 59.3 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1970
- Accession no.
- 1970.258
More by Giuseppe Maria Crespi in museum collections


Study for plate 4 of Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno (recto); Fragmentary Copy (verso)
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Marcolfa Discovers BertoldinoTrying to Hatch Eggs (recto); Sketch of Bertoldino (verso)
Giuseppe Maria Crespi1709–10 · Drawing

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00019819
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