The Circumcision

c. 1470/1480

Israhel van Meckenem

Associated Names
Israhel van Meckenem

Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

The image shows six people surrounding a table. In the center, a person is passing a baby to another person on the right. A woman with a halo stands to the left with her arms extended towards the baby. Another figure to her left holds a staff and looks at the baby. Above, three more figures observe. The setting is indoors with an abstract backdrop.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image; diameter): 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.174

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.347, no. 445, State E only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Christian David Ginsburg [1831-1914], Palmer's Green, England (Lugt 1145); Henry Ralph Mowbray Howard [b. 1883], London (Lugt 1318); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

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Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Wikidata ID

Q64958463

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