A priest circumcises the Christ child. The Virgin Mary and Joseph look on (Luke 2:21). The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.
| Artist |
Jacques de Bie
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | The Circumcision of Christ, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christi |
| Date | ca. 1598 - 1618 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 5. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Postquam consummati sunt dies octo ut circuncideretur puer; vocatum est nomen eius Iesus | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Luc.2. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: M. de Vos invent. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iacob. de Bie sculp. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan. Galle excud. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LZ-3 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-3 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11597/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D21 Christ-child (with attributes) Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools Iconclass 12A521 high priest ~ hierarchy of priests Iconclass 12A711 'berit milah', circumcision ~ Jewish ceremonies Iconclass 12A7114 circumcision set, e.g. knife ~ Jewish ceremonies Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73B3 circumcision of the Christ-child by the priest in the temple (Luke 2:21) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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