The circumcision of Christ. Engraving by F-G. Aliamet, 1765, after R. Earlom after G. Reni.

London (Cheapside) : Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell, 1 May 1765.

1 print : etching ; platemark 32.4 x 24.2 cm

The circumcision. From the original picture painted by Guido Reni, in the collection of Sir Peter Leicester, Bart. to whom this plate is most humbly dedicated, by his most obliged & obed.t humble sev.t J. Boydell. Size of the picture I 23 ¾ by I 29 ¾ in height. Guido Reni pinx.t. R.d Earlom delin.t F. Aliamet sculp.t Bears number: 19

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Cabinet des estampes, vol. 1, Paris 1931, p. 19, F.G. Aliamet no. 3 ("3. 'The circumcision. From the original picture, painted by Guido Reni, in the collection of Sir Peter Leicester, Bart to whom this plate is most humbly dedicated, ...' Sous le tr. c. : 'Guido Reni pinxt Rd Earlom delint F. Aliamet sculpt'. Au bas : 'No. 19. Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt by J. Boydell, engraver, in Cheapside London; May 1st 1765.' Armes à la marge. H. 0m452 x L. 0m366. L'état décrit, 4 épr… Selon Mariette, qui la goûtait fort peu, cette estampe fut gravée en 1755 (Abecedario, IV, p. 364).")

Wellcome Collection 22038i