BONIFACIO VERONESE
(b. 1487, Verona, d. 1557, Venezia)

Christ among the Doctors

1544-45
Oil on canvas, 198 x 176 cm
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

Shortly after Venice built the new wing of the Palazzo dei Camerlinghi, which housed the treasury, the city commissioned several artists, chief among them Bonifazio and Tintoretto, to decorate the palazzo. This arched canvas, executed for the palazzo, is the work of Bonifazio's workshop.