GIOTTO di Bondone
(b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze)

No. 22 Scenes from the Life of Christ: 6. Christ among the Doctors (detail)

1304-06
Fresco
Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

In a rich red robe, the little twelve-year-old Jesus sits in the temple and holds a discussion - as his gesture quite clearly indicates.




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