Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called GuercinoItalian, 1591–1666La Circoncision
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Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Musée du Louvre
Paris, France
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
The Circumcision of Christ is a painting in oils on canvas executed in 1646 by the Italian artist Guercino. It depicts the Circumcision of Christ, and it was painted as the high altarpiece for a church in Bologna. It was originally surmounted by a semi-oval showing God the Father and the Holy Spirit; this is now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. Three pen and brown ink studies for the work survive, two in the Royal Collection and one in the Pinacoteca di Brera. There are also two drawings of the Virgin's clothing. The painting is now held in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, where it has been since 1811.
Particulars
- Accession number
- A 65
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée du Louvre: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Musée du Louvre — © 2023 Musée du Louvre / Département des Peintures
