The Circumcision
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Gerard de Lairesse
Artist bio: Dutch, Liège 1641–1711 Amsterdam
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Dutch
Date: mid-17th–early 18th century
Medium: Pen and grayish brown ink, tip of the brush and gray ink, gray wash, red chalk and white heightening
Dimensions: sheet: 7 11/16 x 5 1/16 in. (19.6 x 12.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Sotheby's Gift, 2002
Accession year: 2002
Tags: Circumcision|Priests|Men|Jesus|Virgin Mary