# Circumcision

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VIANI, Giovanni Maria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/viani-giovanni-maria-rdca88077988fd4-rdca88077988fd4>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on copper, 72 x 58 cm

## Commentary

The composition of this painting is loosely based on Lodovico Carracci&#39;s painting of the Circumcision, formerly in the church of San Bartolomeo di Reno in Bologna \(destroyed in World War II\).

## Related artworks

- [The School of Painting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/viani-giovanni-maria-rdca88077988fd4-rdca88077988fd4/the-school-of-painting-reee8491cc93726>)

## Attribution

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