The Circumcision of Christ

1650/1657

Bartolomeo Biscaino

Associated Names
Bartolomeo Biscaino

Artist, Genoese, 1629 - 1657

The image shows a group of figures around a central figure holding a baby. Additional figures in the background observe. There are intricate details in the fabric and the figures' expressions show focus and reverence. In the foreground, two cherubic figures are present, one holding a jug and the other near a small cage with a bird. The drawing style is influenced by classical art.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [counterproof]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.8 × 18 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 10 [counterproof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Franz Gawet [1765- 1847], Vienna (Lugt 1069). Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent to Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 10 [counterproof]

Inscriptions

lower right in image, in reverse: Biscaino; by later hand, lower left in brown ink: Biscaino; by later hand, lower center verso in brown ink: [not deciphered]; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: [not deciphered]

Watermarks

present but not identified

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