Circumcision of Christ, A man holds the Christ child while the priest performs circumcision with a knife. Mary and Joseph and other figures watch. In the foreground three angels and the young John the Baptist with cross staff and lamb. Floating above three putti, circumcision of the Christ-child by the priest in the temple (Luke 2:21), Giacomo Maria Giovannini (mentioned on object), Italy, 1677 - 1717, paper, etching, h 431 mm × w 272 mm

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Circumcision of Christ, A man holds the Christ child while the priest performs circumcision with a knife. Mary and Joseph and other figures watch. In the foreground three angels and the young John the Baptist with cross staff and lamb. Floating above three putti, circumcision of the Christ-child by the priest in the temple (Luke 2:21), Giacomo Maria Giovannini (mentioned on object), Italy, 1677 - 1717, paper, etching, h 431 mm × w 272 mm

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