The high priest circumcises the Christ child in the temple. The Virgin and Joseph look on with others.
| Artist |
Justus Sadeler
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Tintoretto
RKD
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Justus Sadeler
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| Title | The Circumcision of Christ |
| Date | ca. 1600 - 1620 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Dat Pucrum Diuma Parens gerit inde Saccerdos / Personat hinc Sacris lingua nouata modis. / Et meliora Sonat diuino Pneumate plena / Sic vaga dum moritur carmina cycnus habet. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Iacobus Tentoret pinx: / IuSt: Sadeler exc: | |
| inscription outside the depiction, below: Lùce 2.28 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-NM |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NM |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11718/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 31AA2321 leaning forward - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA236 lying 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 73B birth and youth of Christ Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XXI. Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : Text ; Vol. XXII : Plates / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein, Dieuwke De Hoop Scheffer, Karel Gerard Boon. - Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1980 (202) |
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