Set in a church, nine men and one woman gather around a throne, on which sits a young boy in this vertical painting. All the people have pale or olive-toned skin. The boy has long, wavy brown hair framing an oval face with delicate features. He looks down in front of him as he holds the tips of his two pointer fingers to touch. His gold-edged, ocean-blue robe falls loosely to the floor over one bare foot. The throne is carved from parchment-white stone and it sits on a low platform set on three shallow steps. Behind the boy, a crimson-red cloth patterned with gold and edged with a moss-green…
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Christ among the Doctors

Master of the Catholic Kings (Spanish, active c. 1485/1500)

c. 1495/1497

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall (original painted surface): 136.2 x 93 cm (53 5/8 x 36 5/8 in.) ; overall (with addition at bottom): 155.2 x 93 cm (61 1/8 x 36 5/8 in.) ; framed: 183.5 x 128.9 x 12.1 cm (72 1/4 x 50 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Culture
Castilian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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