Christ among the Doctors
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Dimensions
44 x 30 in. (111.8 x 76.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Accession Number
32.100.123
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Christ among the Doctors" a captivating tempera and gold on wood panel from the early 15th century, measuring 44 x 30 inches, created by an anonymous Spanish (an) painter. This work, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Friedsam Collection, depicts the young Jesus in the temple, astonishing the learned doctors with his divine wisdom—a key biblical episode from Luke that underscores Christ's precocious divinity. Figures like the Virgin Mary, Joseph, and groups of and women frame the scene, with motifs of reading emphasizing scholarly debate. Attributed to a follower or member of the circle...