Circumcision

Giovanni Francesco da Rimini's Circumcision at the Louvre, painted around 1450, depicts the ritual circumcision of the infant Christ at the Temple. This scene from the Infancy narrative held theological significance as Christ's first shedding of blood, prefiguring the Passion Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of the period, demanding careful layer-by-layer construction and patient craftsmanship It is now held at The Louvre in Paris, one of the world's largest and most visited art

The temple setting provides an architectural framework for the ritual scene, rendered in Giovanni Francesco's detailed narrative manner with the careful figure grouping and rich color of Emilian panel painting.