The Circumcision (Life of the Virgin Series) / Hendrick Goltzius
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.137
- Title
- The Circumcision (Life of the Virgin Series)
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Artist Nationality
- Dutch
- Artist Life Dates
- 1558 - 1617
- Medium and Support
- engraving on ivory laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1594
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Netherlands (nation)
- North Holland (province)
- Haarlem (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Netherlands (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- North Holland (province)
- Creation Place 4
- Haarlem (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Inscription
- Signed with monogram on plate, l.c.: HG
- Period
- Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
- Dimensions
- 48.6 cm x 35.7 cm (19 1/8 in. x 14 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- A crowd gathers in the side chapel of a church around a group of seated figures and an infant. A man with a long flowing beard sits and holds the infant in his hands above a plate, while another man leans forward in his chair and peers through his spectacles at the child as he performs a circumcision. A plaque with the artist's initials, "HG," lies on the floor in the foreground.
- Subject Matter
- This masterful engraving depicts the circumcision of the infant Christ, who is held by a priest at the center of the gathered crowd. The Virgin Mary and Joseph stand at the front of the group of onlookers immediately behind the seated figures and gaze intently upon the child.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 861 x 1135
- File Size
- 132 KB
- Record
- 1976/2.137
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"The Circumcision (Life of the Virgin Series); Hendrick Goltzius." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1976-sl-2.137/1976_2.137.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 03, 2024.
