Art, literature & history
The Circumcision
c. 1504/1505
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- woodcut on laid paper
- Dimensions
- block: 29.3 × 21 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 29.8 × 21.4 cm (11 3/4 × 8 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1941.1.34
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Albrecht Dürer. The Circumcision. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Circumcision — Albrecht Dürer. c. 1504/1505.
Medium: woodcut on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): block: 29.3 × 21 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 29.8 × 21.4 cm (11 3/4 × 8 7/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1941.1.34. Gift of W.G. Russell Allen.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.