The circumcision, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1625

Title(s)

The circumcision

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-789A

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 1-1(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 398-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240
• inscription: ‘Moyaert / Bramu’Moeyaert? en Bramer?
• inscription: ‘Gout de N. 7’

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

c. 1625

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 216 mm × width 167 mm

What

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

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 3, cat.nr. 1
• Kritisches Verzeichnis der Radierungen Rembrandts, zugleich eine Anleitung zu deren Studium, Woldemar von Seidlitz, cat.nr. 398-1(2)