The Circumcision

Provenance

German collection before World War II [unsubstantiated record in curatorial file]; same owner in New York until 1974 [unsubstantiated record in curatorial file]; Jean-Pierre Selz, New York and Paris, by 1974; purchased by Art Institute, 1974.

Publications

Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report, 1974–75, p. 31.

Quick Overview

Artist: Stefano Pozzi (Italian, 1699–1768)
Date: c. 1762
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 177.5 × 117.2 cm (69 7/8 × 46 1/8 in.); Framed: 189.3 × 129.6 × 7.7 cm (74 1/2 × 51 × 3 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: oil on canvas
Style: 18th Century
Place: Italy
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
Accession no.: 1974.392

More by Stefano Pozzi in museum collections

The Presentation in the Temple
Stefano Pozzi
Date unknown · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000967
Antiochus Yearning for Stratonice
Stefano Pozzi
c. 1740 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001057
Venus Disguised as a Huntress Appears to Aeneas (Aeneid I: 305 ff.)
Stefano Pozzi
1699–1768 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020547
Venus in the Forge of Vulcan (Aeneid VIII: 370 ff)
Stefano Pozzi
1699–1768 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020548

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

The Circumcision

Provenance

Quick Overview

More by Stefano Pozzi in museum collections

The Presentation in the Temple

Antiochus Yearning for Stratonice

Venus Disguised as a Huntress Appears to Aeneas (Aeneid I: 305 ff.)

Venus in the Forge of Vulcan (Aeneid VIII: 370 ff)