Van der Doort c.1639

said to be Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Massacre of the Innocents, soldiers being all in "klans" [clowns] ["boures" struck through] shape, light from the [-]

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 52, № 58
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
2ft 6in x 3ft 6in (76.2 x 106.7cm)
Provenance: 
Mantua piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
bought
Room description extended: 
Towards the Orchard
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 70
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Whitehall, no 101, 74 x 104
Identification certainty: 
Identified