The Young Jesus among the Doctors

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.