The Circumcision

1634–89

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on light brown paper
Dimensions: 14 7/16 x 9 7/16in. (36.6 x 24cm)
Collection no.: 1991.184.2
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Ciro Ferri. The Circumcision. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Circumcision — Ciro Ferri. 1634–89.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on light brown paper. Dimensions: 14 7/16 x 9 7/16in. (36.6 x 24cm).

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

Credit line: Gift of Donald P. Gurney, in memory of Jacob Bean, 1991.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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