Why it matters
The twelve-year-old Jesus is found by his parents debating scripture with learned rabbis in the Temple. Hunt aimed for an ethnographically accurate version of the subject.
Did you know?
- He worked on it from 1854 to 1860.
- It illustrates Luke 2:41.
- The subject is traditionally known as Christ Among the Doctors.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (CC BY-SA 4.0).