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Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Massacre of the Innocents - detail

Pieter Bruegel the Elder ca. 1520 – 1569

Massacre of the Innocents - detail

oil on canvas — 1566 - 1567
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Pieter Bruegel the Elder biography

This work is linked to Matthew 2:17

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Detail of this work. It is clear that the soldiers resemble the 16th century Spanish troops - familiar looks for Bruegel.