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Judaism - Customs and practices

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Images about Judaism - Customs and practices

63 images from works
  • The presentation of the infant Jesus at the temple. Etching by A. Campanella, 1771, after Fra Bartolommeo.
  • The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speckaert.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by A. Sadeler after J. Speeckaert.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • The presentation of Jesus to Simeon, or to a priest of the Temple. Engraving with stipple after F. Bonsignori.
  • A plate decorated with a circumcision scene, a knife for performing the ceremony and the Scroll of Torah. Process print after C.A.
  • Christ being circumcised in the temple. Engraving by G. Massi after F. Barocci.
  • Joseph and Mary hold the Christ child before his circumcision. Lithograph by Pablo Guglielmi after L. Costa.

Works from the collections

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    The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

    Veronese, 1528-1588. | Reference: 24052i
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    The western and eastern churches represented by St. Peter's in Rome and S. Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople); Jewish circumcision and the baptism of a baby by a bishop, with a border showing headwear of different groups. Engraving by R. Smith.

    | Reference: 22920i
    • 3-D Objects

    The circumcision of Christ. Wax sculpture.

    | Reference: 4528i
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    Simeon recognises the infant Jesus as saviour. Etching by C.W. Weisbrod after Rembrandt, 1627-8.

    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. | Date: 1628 | Reference: 22109i
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    [halikhot tsitsit] sive dissertatio philologico-theologica de hebræorum vestibus fimbriatis ... / quam ... præside ... Matthæo Hillero ... sistit autor M. Georgius Bartholomaeus Bausch.

    Bausch, Georgius Bartholomaeus. | Date: 1701

Related topics

Rites and ceremonies
Priests
Christianity
Circumcision - Religious aspects - Judaism
Surgery, Operative
Jesus Christ - Circumcision
Blood - Religious aspects
Sacrifice
Surgical Instruments
Infants in the Bible

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