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The subject was chosen by the patrons, the Confraternity of the Holy Name of Jesus, who were connected with the church of San Francesco, Volterra. The scene was an appropriate focus for their devotion, as it was when the infant Christ was named Jesus.
Christ as we see him now is the invention of a different artist, Sodoma, who was working in Volterra in the late 1530s; we don't know why he painted over Signorelli’s version.
Title
The Circumcision
Date
about 1490-1
Medium
Oil on canvas, mounted on board, transferred from wood
Measurements
H 258.5 x W 180 cm
Accession number
NG1128
Acquisition method
Bought, 1882
Work type
Painting