The Circumcision

1611–74

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Point of brush, watercolor and gray wash, over slight indications in black chalk
Dimensions: 11 15/16 x 14 3/16 in. (30.3 x 36.1 cm)
Collection no.: 1994.19
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0License details

Leonaert Bramer. The Circumcision. Purchase, Ian Woodner Family Collection Fund, Karen B. Cohen Fund, Van Day Truex Fund, Gifts in memory of Jacob Bean, Stephen A. Geiger Gift, and funds from various donors, 1994. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access, CC0. Full-frame resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Circumcision — Leonaert Bramer. 1611–74.

Medium: Point of brush, watercolor and gray wash, over slight indications in black chalk. Dimensions: 11 15/16 x 14 3/16 in. (30.3 x 36.1 cm).

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

Credit line: Purchase, Ian Woodner Family Collection Fund, Karen B. Cohen Fund, Van Day Truex Fund, Gifts in memory of Jacob Bean, Stephen A. Geiger Gift, and funds from various donors, 1994.

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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