The Circumcision c.1500-1600

Pen and ink with wash and discoloured white heightening, on blue paper | 12.3 x 9.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990114

Italian School, 16th century

Description

A drawing of the Circumcision in the Temple: the Virgin and a priest either side of the infant Christ, other figures behind, before an architectural backdrop. The drawing is too badly damaged to place but from the composition must be Italian of the sixteenth century.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Italian School, 16th century
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Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pen and ink with wash and discoloured white heightening, on blue paper

Measurements

12.3 x 9.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Christianity
Life of Christ
Infancy of Christ
Christ Child
Christ-Circumcision
References

Other number(s)

P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London – P&W 1204

RL O : Royal Library "O" Number Register – RL O114

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