Circumcision of Christ (Guercino)

Painting by Guercino

Circumcision of Christ

Artist	Guercino
Year	1646
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	415 cm × 265 cm (163 in × 104 in)
Location	Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

The Circumcision of Christ is a painting in oils on canvas executed in 1646 by the Italian artist Guercino. It depicts the Circumcision of Christ, and it was painted as the high altarpiece for a church in Bologna. It was originally surmounted by a semi-oval showing God the Father and the Holy Spirit; this is now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. Three pen and brown ink studies for the work survive, two in the Royal Collection and one in the Pinacoteca di Brera. There are also two drawings of the Virgin's clothing. The painting is now held in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, where it has been since 1811.

External links

Media related to The Circumcision of Christ (Guercino, Lyon) at Wikimedia Commons
http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/collections-musee/peintures/oeuvres-peintures/xviie_siecle/guerchin_circoncisio

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Paintings	Saint Joseph's Dream (c. 1600–1650) Moonlit Landscape (c. 1616) Country Concert (c. 1617) Et in Arcadia ego (c. 1618–1622) The Raising of Lazarus (1619) Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1620) Saint Matthew and the Angel (1621–1622) Assumption (c. 1623) The Burial of St. Petronilla (c. 1623) The Death of Dido (1631) Venus, Cupid and Mars (1633) Cato of Utica Bidding Farewell to his Son (1635) Allegory of Painting and Sculpture (1637) Saint Jerome (c. 1640–1650) The Suicide of Cato (1641) Hersilia Separating Romulus and Tatius (1645) Annunciation (1646) Circumcision of Christ (1646) Christ Crowned with Thorns (1647) The Persian Sibyl (1647) The Dying Cleopatra (c. 1648) Susannah and the Elders (1650) The Libyan Sibyl (1651) The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine (1653) Samson and Delilah (1654) Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael (1657)

Guercino

Paintings

Saint Joseph's Dream (c. 1600–1650)
Moonlit Landscape (c. 1616)
Country Concert (c. 1617)
Et in Arcadia ego (c. 1618–1622)
The Raising of Lazarus (1619)
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1620)
Saint Matthew and the Angel (1621–1622)
Assumption (c. 1623)
The Burial of St. Petronilla (c. 1623)
The Death of Dido (1631)
Venus, Cupid and Mars (1633)
Cato of Utica Bidding Farewell to his Son (1635)
Allegory of Painting and Sculpture (1637)
Saint Jerome (c. 1640–1650)
The Suicide of Cato (1641)
Hersilia Separating Romulus and Tatius (1645)
Annunciation (1646)
Circumcision of Christ (1646)
Christ Crowned with Thorns (1647)
The Persian Sibyl (1647)
The Dying Cleopatra (c. 1648)
Susannah and the Elders (1650)
The Libyan Sibyl (1651)
The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine (1653)
Samson and Delilah (1654)
Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael (1657)

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