{"product_id":"the-massacre-of-the-innocents-francois-joseph-navez-1","title":"The Massacre of the Innocents - François Joseph Navez","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Massacre of the Innocents\u003c\/b\u003e, painted in 1824 by the Belgian Neoclassical master \u003cb\u003eFrançois Joseph Navez\u003c\/b\u003e, is a monumental and emotionally devastating work that confronts one of the most harrowing episodes from the Gospel of Matthew. King Herod's order to slaughter all male infants in Bethlehem provided artists across centuries with a subject of unbearable human anguish, and Navez — a devoted pupil of Jacques-Louis David — approached it with a sculptor's command of form and a dramatist's instinct for raw grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainted in oil on canvas and measuring an imposing 117 × 134 cm, the composition deploys \u003cb\u003eRomantic intensity within a Neoclassical framework\u003c\/b\u003e: muscular soldiers clash against desperate mothers whose contorted bodies and anguished expressions echo the great Baroque tradition of Rubens and Poussin. The tightly interlocked figures create a visual tempest of violence and tenderness, while the restrained palette amplifies the scene's psychological weight. Now held in the permanent collection of \u003cb\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/b\u003e, this masterwork stands as a defining achievement of early 19th-century European painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cb\u003emuseum-quality stretched canvas reproduction\u003c\/b\u003e is printed on premium matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a sturdy 0.75-inch wooden stretcher frame with a clean gallery wrap finish — ready to hang and built to last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:24px;font-size:14px\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrançois Joseph Navez\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1824\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e46 x 52 3\/4 in. (117 x 134 cm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMovement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRomanticism\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:24px;font-size:14px;border-top:1px solid #e0e0e0\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding:12px 0 8px\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable sizes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 × 25 cm (8″ × 10″)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e51 × 76 cm (20″ × 30″)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e102 × 152 cm (40″ × 60″)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding:8px 0 4px;color:#888;font-size:13px\"\u003eAll sizes include a 0.75\" gallery wrap. Ready to hang — no framing required.\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Gallerivm","offers":[{"title":"S — 30×40 cm","offer_id":60071786250574,"sku":"GLV-19188509006-S","price":39.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M — 40×50 cm","offer_id":60071786971470,"sku":"GLV-19188509006-M","price":59.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L — 60×90 cm","offer_id":60071787004238,"sku":"GLV-19188509006-L","price":89.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1044\/1637\/9214\/files\/DP-31220-001.jpg?v=1783508471","url":"https:\/\/gallerivm.com\/products\/the-massacre-of-the-innocents-francois-joseph-navez-1","provider":"Gallerivm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}