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Hendrick Goltzius
The Circumcision 1594
engraving
45.9 × 35.0 cm (image) 47.1 × 35.3 cm (plate) 53.6 × 41.7 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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The Circumcision
1594
plate 4 from the Birth and early life of Christ series
Medium
engraving
Measurements
45.9 × 35.0 cm (image) 47.1 × 35.3 cm (plate) 53.6 × 41.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Haarlem, the Netherlands
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 11 ii/ii; Bartsch 18; Strauss 322 iii/v; Hollstein 12 iii/v; Hirschmann 12 iii/v
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: 4
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: 1594 / HG (monogram)
printed in ink l.l.: Cernis vt octaua sit circuncisus Jesus, / Luce puer, tenero accipiensin corpore vulnus,
printed in ink (l.c.: Ad normam veteris legis, ritumqɜ (qɜ joined) receptum, / Jsacidis multos obseruatumqɜ (qɜ joined) per annos.
printed in ink l.c.r.: C. Schonęus.
Accession Number
1278.227-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Ceremonial and Funerary Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Christ Child (Christian theme) Circumcision of Christ (New Testament narrative) circumcisions Goltzius, Hendrick Life of Jesus Christ (New Testament narrative) mohels religious ceremonies temples (buildings)