Rembrandt van Rijn
The Circumcision
c. 1625
Physical Qualities
Etching with touches of drypoint, Sheet: 91 × 66 mm. (3 9/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Plate: 89 × 64 mm. (3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1943.32.203
Riggs; Bohm (Lugt 1442 & 271); F. Gawet (Lugt 1070)
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Rembrandt: The Museum's Collection," 15 January - 21 April, 1991.
BMA, "The Age of Rembrandt: Distinguished Prints from the Collection," 12 February - 13 April 1997.
BMA, "The Age of Rembrandt: Distinguished Prints from the Collection," 12 February - 13 April 1997.
Inscribed: Verso: upper left in brown ink collectors' mark of Franz Gawet; lower center in graphite "B2945-"
Markings: CM: Lawrason Riggs (Lugt 1756c); Joseph Daniel Böhm (Lugt 1442 and 271), Franz Gawet (Lugt 1070; with indecipherable number [837?]); indecipherable stamp in blue ink
