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The Massacre of the Innocents (with fir tree) (1513-1515)

by:   Dente   |    Raimondi      category: Print   
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note:  Two print versions of Massacre of the Innocents have been identified, one which bears a small fir tree in the upper right corner and the other that does not. Concensus seems to suggest the latter as the first iteration (by Raimondi) and the former as potentially being the work of Marco Dente (and also dating several years later). V&A version inscribed: RAPH. / URBI. / INVE / .M. (on stone plinth in background to the left, the M is a combined M and A with cross bar across second part of the M.) https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1152932/the-massacre-of-the-innocents-print-raimondi-marcantonio/