"Visitors to Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico home may have been greeted at the entrance by a disturbing scene from the Bible, according to files released by the U.S. Department of Justice. The convicted sex offender, who died of an apparent suicide after his 2019 arrest for sex trafficking minors, commissioned a copy of The Massacre of the Innocents, a 1591 painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem."
"The feast day comes from a horrifying moment in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew. On their way to visit the baby Jesus, the Magi visited King Herod and told him they were searching for the newborn king of the Jews. Fearful that he would be dethroned by this future king, Herod then ordered that all baby boys in Bethlehem under two years old be put to death by Roman soldiers."
Jeffrey Epstein commissioned and displayed a 9'x9' reproduction of The Massacre of the Innocents, a 1591 work by Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, at his Zorro Ranch outside Santa Fe. Epstein's assistant, Sarah Kellen, arranged shipment of the canvas in July 2011. The reproduction was produced by Ocean's Bridge Group and ordered on December 28, 2010, for $1,999. December 28 is observed by many denominations as the Feast of the Holy Innocents, which commemorates the biblical massacre of baby boys in Bethlehem ordered by King Herod after the Magi's visit.
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