The Circumcision of Christ (series The Life of the Virgin)

Beschrijving

Twelfth plate of a series of twenty plates showing the life of the Virgin after Crispijn van den Broeck; sixteen plates are engraved by Hans Collaert I, two by Jan Ditmaer, and two by an anonymous engraver. The set was first published in 1576 by Adriaen Huybrechts (fl. 1573-1614) On plate 12 (after the drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, inv.no.D3125) The Circumcision of Christ: inside a temple with the high-priest performing the operation at centre, the Virgin and St Joseph holding the Christ child are surrounded by other parents waiting with their babies. Lettered on the bottom center: ‘CVB in.’ and towards the left: ‘Adrianus hubertus excudit 1576’. New Hollstein (van den Broeck, 175)