Christ Among the Doctors
the younger Israhel van Meckenem
1490–1500
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 26 × 18.4 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet trimmed within platemark: 26.6 × 18.4 cm (10 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Engravings
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
engravingprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
Israhel van Meckenem depicted the 12-year old Christ’s spirited discussions with learned doctors and priests in the temple at Jerusalem. In three short days, Christ assimilated and surpassed their knowledge of scripture, and in this print he lectures his rapt audience from a book on the podium beside his magisterial throne. The construction of the throne is similar to the heavenly one in Martin Schongauer’s Christ Blessing the Virgin (1956.864).
