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Dürer, Albrecht (1) 알브레히트 뒤러

바이블엔명화 2020. 8. 13. 09:29

Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528

The Young Jesus among the Doctors

oil on panel (64 × 80 cm) — 1506

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Albrecht Dürer biography

This work is linked to Luke 2:46

 

Luke 2 - New Testament

Luke 2 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own ci

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After three days of searching Jesus' parents find him (12) in the temple, discussing the scripture with the doctors.

 

Dürer shows a calm Jesus among the exited doctors. Gesturing hands come together in the center of the composition. By showing the figures at no more than half-length, all attention goes to the faces and the hands.

 

In this panel northern renaissance meets the southern: Dürer made it during his second visit to Italy, in Venice.