Year 1605 Artist Peter Paul Rubens Period Baroque | Medium Oil on canvas Created 1605 Genre Christian art | |
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Dimensions 400 cm × 225 cm (160 in × 89 in) Location Chiesa del Gesù e dei Santi Ambrogio e Andrea, Genoa Similar Baroque artwork, Christian art | ||
The Circumcision is an oil on canvas painting of the Circumcision of Jesus by Peter Paul Rubens, produced in 1605 during his stay in Rome. It is now in the 'Chiesa del Gesù e dei Santi Ambrogio e Andrea' church in Genoa.
It was commissioned by Marcello Pallavicino, vestryman of the Casa Professa of Jesuits in Genoa. It is mainly influenced by Mantuan paintings from the court of Vincenzo Gonzaga, with a strongly foreshortened viewpoint.
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