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Christ as a Twelve-Year-Old in the Temple
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Christ as a Twelve-Year-Old in the Temple

Hieronymus Wierix · 1563 - before 1619 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Christ sits in the temple on a throne, behind him two angels. He explains the scriptures to the scribes. Joseph and Mary enter the temple and find their twelve-year-old son among the scholars. In the margin a six-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

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Credit lineChristus als twaalfjarige in de tempel. 1563 - before 1619. Hieronymus Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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