The circumcision of christ, after giulio romano; at centre, the virgin holds the infant christ upright on a platform, where the rabbi performs the circumcision, while the surrounding crowd observes; a double portico of solomnic columns fills the back of the temple and a candlabrum stands in the centre of the room. Etching and engraving. Object Type: engraving. Genre: religious art. Date: circa 1715–1750. Dimensions: 217 × 239 mm (8.54 × 9.40 in). Medium: etching print and engraving on paper. Collection: British Museum. Marie-Jeanne Renard du Bos after Giulio Romano, The Circumcision of Christ, c. 1715–1750, British Museum 1856,1213.164
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