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The Circumcision is a painting of the Circumcision of Jesus by the Italian Renaissance painter Luca Signorelli in the National Gallery in London dated to c. 1490-1491.The Circumcision was also the occasion of the naming of Jesus and by this period the emphasis of Catholic devotion was on the Holy Name of Jesus. The work was commissioned by the local Confraternity of the Holy Name of Jesus for the altar of the Circumcision Chapel in the church of St.
