SCHÄUFELEIN, Hans Leonhard
(b. ca. 1480, Nürnberg?, d. 1538/40, Nördlingen?)

The Circumcision of Christ

1505-06
Wood, 26 x 15 cm
Christian Museum, Esztergom

Schaufelein was a German painter of portraits and religious subjects, and a woodcut designer, pupil and follower of Dürer.

Both this painting and its companion-piece representing the Birth of Christ are based on engravings of Dürer.