Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
The Circumcision
oil on panel (86 × 42 cm) — 1462
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
This work is linked to Luke 2:21
Luke 2 - New Testament
Luke 2 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own ci
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Just like other Jewish boys little Jesus was circumcised a few days after his birth. Mantegna here sets the episode in a temple, where a priest yields the knife.
This panel was probably the right wing of a triptych with the Ascension of Christ to the left and the Adoration of the Magi in the centre.
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