VERONESE, Paolo
(b. 1528, Verona, d. 1588, Venezia)

Jesus among the Doctors

c. 1558 or 1566-67
Oil on canvas, 236 x 430 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

The dating of this painting is controversial. On the basis of a slightly damaged and fragmentary inscription it has been claimed as one of the painter's first works. However, on stylistic ground the dating of 1566-67 was recently proposed.