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Circumcision of Christ
Lost Art-ID
570646
Artist / Creator
Rubens, Peter Paul (Meister aus dem Kreis des)
Birth
1577.06.28, Siegen (Westfalen)
Death
1640.05.30, Antwerpen
Place of activity
Antwerpen; Venedig; Florenz; Rom; Valladolid; Mantua; Genua; Paris; Brüssel; Madrid; London
Title
Circumcision of Christ
Dating
1601/1700
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Panel / painted
Height
51.00 cm
Width
37.00 cm
Description
Renaissance-Rotunda with hugh window in the background, from which the pigeon of the Holy Spirit fly towards. Above a table the parents of the child are showing it to an old priest, who is proceeding with ritual acts. Behind this group on the left and right side four men and a woman; in right front Levites boys next to a low offering table with can. Source: Hugo Helbing Kunsthandlung and Kunstversteigerungshaus: Kunstbesitz eines Berliner Sammlers. Katalog Nr. 49; Math. Lempertz'sche Kunstversteigerung: Eine bekannte Süddeutsche Privatsammlung and anderer Privatbesitz, Katalog Nr. 395.
Provenance
Collection Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin, Auction at 11/12th March 1938 by Math. Lempertz, Cologne. CatalogueNo: 82 (Auktionshaus Hugo Helbing, 1936); 146 (Math. Lempertz, 1938)
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