title: [Circumcision in religious art].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study is to perform a historical journey through the topic of circumcision from the Italian Renaissance to the Spanish Baroque.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the paintings about circumcision between both periods, including their most representative works.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Circumcision is a frequent topic in the religious painting in both periods.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Santa Bárbara, Puertollano, Ciudad Real, Espana. danielsantosarrontes@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Santos Arrontes
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santos Arrontes
authors.forename: Maria Paz
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Valer López-Fando
mesh_terms: D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings; D012068:Religion and Medicine