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Painting of soldiers killing infants as grieving mothers look on, with a crowned king watching from a columned balcony.

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Maestà, Altarretabel des Sieneser Doms, Vorderseite, Predella mit Szenen aus der Kindheit Jesu und Propheten, Szene: Bethlehemitischer Kindermord, Duccio di Buoninsegna (1308), Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. Via artnap.com

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This panel depicts soldiers with drawn swords killing infants while mothers grieve and reach toward them, with small bodies piled at the lower right. A crowned, seated ruler in red and black robes watches from a columned balcony beside two bearded figures. Attributed to Duccio di Buoninsegna, dated 1308, the work is a painting held at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.

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