Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speeckaert.

  • Speckaert, Hans, approximately 1540-approximately 1577.
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1594
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22027i
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Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speeckaert. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. N.T. Luke 2.21. The man in the foreground with his back to us may be holding a mirror to assist the mohel

The circumcision scene has a wide reaching symbolic resonance: it shows the first shedding of the blood of Christ, hence the beginning of the Passion; it is the moment Christ is named; furthermore it displays the Judaism through which Christianity must pass

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[Belgium] : Paul.cs de la Houve excud

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1 print : line engraving ; image 31.9 x 27.3 cm

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Postquam consummati sunt dies octo ut circuncideritur puer vocatum. Joannes Speccard in. Paul.cs de la Houue excud. G. Sadler scalp.

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Wellcome Collection 22027i

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