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The Circumcision

Late canvas version, with the rite staged in the Temple courtyard at a low angle. National Gallery of Art, Washington.

The Circumcision
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About Rembrandt van Rijn

1606–1669 · Dutch

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.