Circumcision of Christ

Title

Circumcision of Christ

Draughtsman

• Gaspare Diziani

Verso

Landscape

Part Number / Total

19 / 126

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• coal?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mit der zugehörigen Inventarnummer (mit Bleistift)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1907

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Christ Child
• Mary
• Joseph of Nazareth
• Simeon (prophet)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 2,21

Primary

• 73B3 circumcision of the Christ-child by the priest in the temple (Luke 2:21)

Historic Attribution

• Venetian, 18th century draughtsman