Joseph and Mary hold the Christ child before his circumcision. Lithograph by Pablo Guglielmi after L. Costa.

  • Costa, Lorenzo, 1460-1535.
Date:
1826-1832
Reference:
22036i
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Bible. N.T. Luke 2.21. 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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[Madrid]

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1 print : lithograph ; image 43.5 x 27.5 cm

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Wellcome Collection 22036i

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