The circumcision of Christ, a group of men, women and angels surrounding him, the young Saint John the Baptist at lower left, after Reni
ca. 1760–1800
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 15/16 × 15 1/4 in. (55.7 × 38.7 cm) Plate: 19 1/2 × 11 15/16 in. (49.5 × 30.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry Shaw Newman, 1941
Accession Number
41.97.387
Tags
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Giuliano Traballesi|Giuliano Traballesi · 1575–1642
Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most celebrated Italian painters of the Baroque era and the dominant figure of the Bolognese School. Born into a family of musicians in Bologna, he trained first with Denys Calvaert before joining the influential Accademia degli Incamminati led by Ludovico Carracci. Reni achieved international fame through his idealizing style that combined Baroque dynamism wi...