Why it matters
The brightly lit Christ Child is circumcised amid a crowd, with a very young Madonna at the left. The two sacrificial doves refer to Mary's purification.
Did you know?
- It dates from around 1523.
- It was only unanimously attributed to Parmigianino in 1991.
- It was donated to the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1936.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Circumcision (Parmigianino) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
