Circumcision of Christ, ca. 1570

Title

Circumcision of Christ

Draughtsman

• Bonaventura Lamberti ?

Period Produced

• 17th century
• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance
• Italian Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Roman

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• figure study

Captions Added Later

Verso mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Simeon (prophet)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 2,21

Primary

• 11Q7613 feast of the Circumcision of Christ
• 46A7 crowd, mob

Alternative Attribution

• Bolognese, 16th century draughtsman; by note on mount
• Giovanni Francesco Bezzi draughtsman; by note on mount
• Lorenzo Sabatini draughtsman; by note on mount
• after Lorenzo Sabatini inventor; by note on mount