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The Circumcision

Andrea Schiavone · ca. 1542–46

Andrea Schiavone: 1510–1563

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Biography

Andrea Meldolla (Croatian: Andrija Medulić), also known as Andrea Schiavone or Andrea lo Schiavone, literally "Andrew the Slav", (c. 1510/15–1563) was an Italian Renaissance painter and etcher, born in Dalmatia, in the Republic of Venice (present-day Croatia) to parents from Romagna, active mainly in the city of Venice. His style combined Mannerist elements, a relative rarity in Venice, with much influence from the mainstream of Venetian painting, especially Titian.

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    The National Gallery of Art identifies Andrea Schiavone among the sources of Tintoretto’s style in the exhibition’s discussion of drawing. The cited museum text was read and supports this relationship.

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The Circumcision

ca. 1542–46

Etching with drypoint · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Andrea Schiavone. The Circumcision. Andrea Schiavone; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

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The Circumcision — Andrea Schiavone. ca. 1542–46.

Medium: Etching with drypoint. Dimensions: .

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927.

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Andrea Schiavone. The Circumcision. Andrea Schiavone; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.