This 15th century page from a Book of Hours shows the typical medieval composition

Depiction of Jesus at age twelve from Jesus and the doctors of the Faith, a painting by the entourage of Giuseppe Ribera.

The Finding in the Temple, also called "Christ among the Doctors" or also "This is stupid" (the usual name in art) was an early episode of the life of Jesus. It is the only event of the later childhood of Jesus mentioned in the gospels. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (840x1254, 217 KB)Miniature of Mary and Joseph discover Jesus among the doctors. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (840x1254, 217 KB)Miniature of Mary and Joseph discover Jesus among the doctors. ... A illuminated page from the Très Riches Heures showing the day for exchanging gifts from the month of January A book of hours from the late 1470s. ... Download high resolution version (1879x1321, 480 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1879x1321, 480 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Penitent Saint Peter by Giuseppe Ribera Giuseppe Ribera (January 12, 1591 - 1652) was the name given in Italian to Jusepe (de) Ribera or José (de) Ribera, also called Lo Spagnoletto, or the Little Spaniard, a leading painter of the Neapolitan or partly of the Spanish school, who was born near... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Gospel, from the Old English good tidings is a calque of Greek () used in the New Testament (see Etymology below). ...

The episode is only described in Luke 2:42-51. Jesus at the age of twelve accompanies Mary and Joseph to Jerusalem on pilgrimage, following "the custom of the feast" (NKJV) - that is, Passover. On the day of their return, Jesus "lingered" in the Temple, but Mary and Joseph thought he had gone ahead of them. So Mary and Joseph went back home without him, leaving Jesus in Jerusalem for the three days it took them to reach home, realize their mistake, and return to Jerusalem. He was found in the Temple in discussion with the elders who were amazed at his knowledge of the scripture, especially given his young age. When admonished by Mary, Jesus replied "Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?" The story was slightly elaborated in later Christian literature, such as the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas. “Our Lady” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Saint Joseph (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... The New King James Version (NKJV) is a modern Bible translation, published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. ... Pasch redirects here. ... The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple (Hebrew: בית המקדש, transliterated Bet HaMikdash and meaning literally The Holy House) was located on the Temple Mount (Har HaBayit) in the old city of Jerusalem. ... The Gospel of Thomas is a New Testament-era apocryphon completely preserved in a papyrus Coptic manuscript discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi, Egypt. ...

The later Jewish custom of b'nai mitzvah for boys at thirteen, considered the age at which a Jewish person would attain responsibility for learning and adhering to the commandments, started some centuries after the Finding in the Temple. Celebration of Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. ...

The losing of Jesus is the third of the Seven sorrows of Mary, and the finding in the temple is the fifth joyful mystery of the rosary. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Our Lady of Sorrows. ... Our Lady of Lourdes - Mary appearing at Lourdes with Rosary beads. ...

In art

The episode is frequently shown in art. In early Christian depictions, Jesus is usually shown in the centre, seated on a raised dias surrounded by the elders, who are often on stepped benches. These depictions derive from classical compositions of professors of philosophy or rhetoric with their students, and are similar to medieval depictions of contemporary university lectures. This composition can appear until as late as Ingres (Montauban, Musée Ingres[1]) and beyond. In the Early Medieval period the moment shown is made into the finding itself, by the inclusion of, initially, Mary, and later Joseph as well, usually at the left of the scene. Typically, Jesus and the doctors, intent on their discussions, have not noticed them yet. From the 12th century Jesus is often seated in a large throne-like chair, sometimes holding a book or scroll. Dias may mean: Direct Internet Access System Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies DetaÅŸamentul de IntervenÅ£ii ÅŸi AcÅ£iuni Speciale, a Romanian police rapid response unit Destruction in Art Symposium Transparency slides, sometimes known as dias film Dias (meaning Days) is also a common surname in the Portuguese language... Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (pronounced (Ang, rhymes with bang, with a hint of the r, but the final es is not pronounced) (August 29, 1780 - January 14, 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. ... Montauban (Montalban in Occitan) is a town and commune of southwestern France, préfecture (capital) of the Tarn-et-Garonne département, 31 miles north of Toulouse. ...

In late medieval depictions, the Doctors, often now carrying or consulting large volumes, may be given specifically Jewish features or dress, and are sometimes overtly anti-Semitic caricatures, like some of the figures in Albrecht Dürer's version in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Albrecht Dürer (pronounced /al. ... Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. ...

From the High Renaissance onwards, many painters showed a "close-up" of the scene, with Jesus closely surrounded by gesticulating scholars. Rembrandt, who enjoyed depicted Jewish elders in the Temple in various subjects, made three etchings of the subject (Bartsch 64-66) as well as one of the much more unusual scene of "Jesus returning from the Temple with his parents" (B 60). The Pre-Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt painted a version called The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, now Birmingham, as one of a number of subjects from Jesus's life, for which he travelled to the Holy Land to study local details. The Creation of Adam, Michelangelos fresco from the . ... Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. ... Christ Preaching, known as The Hundred Guilder print; etching c1648 by Rembrandt Etching is the process of using strong acid to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal (the original process - in modern manufacturing other chemicals may be used... Bartsch is the German name of the Barycz River in Poland. ... The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. ... William Holman Hunt - Self-Portrait. ... The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (1854-1860) is a painting by William Holman Hunt intended as an ethnographically accurate version of the subject traditionally known as Christ Among the Doctors, an illustration of the child Jesus debating the interpretation of the scripture with learned rabbis. ...

The subject has attracted few artists since the 19th century, and one of the last notable depictions may be the one painted, as a forgery of a Vermeer, by Hans van Meegeren in front of the Dutch police (to demonstrate that the paintings he sold to Goering were also fake)[2]. View of Delft, 1660-1661 Johannes Vermeer (1632 - December 15, 1675) was a Dutch painter. ... Han van Meegeren (10 October 1889 in Deventer, Overijssel – 30 December 1947 in Amsterdam), born Henricus Antonius van Meegeren, was a Dutch painter and art-restorer, and is considered to be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. ... Hermann Göring Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also spelled Hermann Goering in English) (January 12, 1893–October 15, 1946) was a prominent and early member of the Nazi party, founder of the Gestapo, and one of the main architects of Nazi Germany. ...

Main source

G Schiller, Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. I,1971 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London, pp. 124-5 & figs, ISBN 853312702

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