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Circumcision

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Circumcision

Aegidius Sadeler II | Hans von Aachen | Joris Hoefnagel

1590

Medium

Engraving

Tags

Christ Circumcision

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 11/16 × 6 5/8 in. (22.1 × 16.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Aegidius Sadeler II

1568–1629

Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague

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