Barcelona Photoblog: Nativity Façade: Herod's Soldier Slaying Baby

September 01, 2007

Nativity Façade: Herod's Soldier Slaying Baby

Nativity Façade: Soldier Slaying Baby

This sculptoric group or scene on the Nativity Façade at La Sagrada Familia is by far one of the most sinister and dramatic representations I have ever seen in sculpture: Herod's soldiers at Bethlehem are sent to kill all boys under the age of 2.
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