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A crowd clusters around an altar in a church filled with mosaics. On the right, a bearded priest wields a knife; on the left the Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child. Behind her is her husband Saint Joseph, holding a pair of doves. This is the circumcision of Christ, as described in the Gospel of Luke (2: 21–30). This large and highly decorative picture was commissioned in 1500 for the church of San Silvestro in Cremona by the Venetian jurist and poet Tommaso Raimondi. He is shown in profile on the far right, wearing a luxurious red robe. His wife, Doralice Cambiago, faces him on the far left. The artist signed and dated the painting on the cartellino (a piece of parchment or paper depicted within the painting) attached to the front of the altar.
Title
The Circumcision
Date
1500
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 223.4 x W 152.7 cm
Accession number
NG803
Acquisition method
Bought, 1869
Work type
Painting
