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The Circumcision
Printmaker:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Publisher:
Beerendrecht, Johannes Pietersz.
A group of men and women are gathered around a baby boy at the centre who is being circumcised by a high priest wearing a mitre. A couple stand and watch from stairs in the background. Behind the group, a candle on a bracket at upper left and a hay fork resting against the wall. A pair of doves sit beside a dish in the foreground.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
17th Century#
Production date:
circa
AD 1626
With inscription added in burin.
Support
composed of
laid paper
Image
Height 211 mm
Width 161 mm
Sheet
Height 211 mm
Width 161 mm
Inscription present: Lugt 932
Accession number: 23.K.5-70
Primary reference Number: 79478
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 1 III/III
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): S398 II/II
Biörklund/Barnard: BB26-2 II/II
Lugt: 932
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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