Mocetto worked in Venice, and also from about 1517 in Verona. He was influenced by Mantegna and by Giovanni Bellini. Mocetto was also an engraver.
Gerolamo Mocetto
about 1458 - 1531
Works by Gerolamo Mocetto
The scene shows the violent biblical episode in which King Herod orders a massacre of all children under the age of two in an attempt to kill the newborn Christ, believing him to be a threat to his rule. This panel was once joined with the other painting by Mocetto in our collection, forming the...
Not on display
This panel and The Massacre of the Innocents once formed a single image, with this scene on the right. It was cut into two before entering the National Gallery’s collection. The bearded man wearing a crown is King Herod – he is overseeing the massacre of infants that he had ordered in an attempt...
Not on display