“…He Had Rather Not Be Cured…”

“When Constantine the Emperor was told there was no means to cure his leprosy but by bathing his body in the blood of infants, he immediately answered, he had rather not be cured than use such a remedy.”

Thomas Brooks

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« Le Massacre des Innocents », huile sur bois (Hauteur. 142 cm ; largeur. 182 cm) d’après Pierre Paul Rubens vers 1610-1612, appartenant aux musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique de Bruxelles. – Inv. 3639, photographiée lors de l’exposition temporaire « Rubens et son Temps » au musée du Louvre-Lens.

HT: George Grant