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Ciro Ferri

The Circumcision

1634–89
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on light brown paper
36.6 × 24 cm (14.4 × 9.4 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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