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- Hendrick Goltzius
1558–1617
born: Mülbracht, Seventeen Provinces (present-day Bracht-am-Niederrhein, Netherlands) ; died: Haarlem, Dutch Republic (present-day Netherlands) ; acti
- The Circumcision of Christ, 1594
- The Life of the Virgin
- Where object was made: Netherlands
- engraving
- Plate Mark/Block Dimensions: 473 x 352 mm
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions: 18 5/8 x 13 7/8 in
Mat Dimensions: 25 x 20 in - Museum purchase
- Not on display
- 1969.0005
- Hendrick Goltzius
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The circumsision of Christ, taking place in a church, with many people watching. There is a chandelier hanging from the ceiling. Goltzius's self-portrait is behind the left shoulder of the seated high priest. Four lines of Latin below the image.