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Christ Disputing with the Doctors
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The theme of Christ and the doctors requires the men visibly to express their astonishment at the unexpected wisdom of a 12-year-old boy. Perhaps this is what attracted Rembrandt to the subject: in any event, he depicted it repeatedly. It is quite conceivable that he wished to work out this hardly completed composition further. However, nothing came of it.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineChrist Disputing with the Doctors. 1652. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
