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Gerard de Lairesse

The Circumcision

mid-17th–early 18th century
Pen and grayish brown ink, tip of the brush and gray ink, gray wash, red chalk and white heightening
19.6 × 12.8 cm (7.7 × 5 in)

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

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