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Giovanni Bellini: The Circumcision  wikidata:Q25410150 reasonator:Q25410150
Artist
Giovanni Bellini  (circa 1430
date QS:P,+1430–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1516)  wikidata:Q17169 q:en:Giovanni Bellini
 
Giovanni Bellini
Alternative names
Giambellino
Description Italian painter, drawer, architect and designer
Date of birth/death circa 1430
date QS:P,+1430-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 29 November 1516 / 26 November 1516 / 29 November 1516 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Venice Edit this at Wikidata Venice Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 1455 and circa 1516
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1455-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1516-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Venice (between circa 1455 and circa 1516
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1455-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1516-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
), Padua (1460), Pesaro (1488-1489)
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artist QS:P170,Q17169
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Title
The Circumcision Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Circumcision Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Circumcision Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Circoncisione di Cristo"
label QS:Lde,"Die Beschneidung"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The New Testament relates how after his birth, Jesus was circumcised according to Jewish tradition (Luke 2: 21).

The Circumcision about 1500, Workshop of Giovanni Bellini

The black background seems to be original. Paintings of this subject were highly popular in Venice in the late 15th and early 16th century; this composition was extremely popular and was much copied and adapted. (says NG)
Date circa 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions height: 74.9 cm (29.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 102.2 cm (40.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+74.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+102.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Accession number
NG1455 (National Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/workshop-of-giovanni-bellini-the-circumcision

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