Christ among the Doctors (Veronese)

Christ among the Doctors[1] is an oil on canvas painting of Christ Among the Doctors by Paolo Veronese, now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Its dating has been the subject of debate - the date 1548 appears on a book held by a figure seated on the stairs in the foreground, but in 1976 Diana Gisolfi Pechukas posited 1565 as the earliest possible date for the painting's production.

Christ among the Doctors
ArtistPaolo Veronese
Yearcirca 1560
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions236 cm × 430 cm (93 in × 170 in)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid

The work was recorded as being in the Casa Contarini in Padua in 1648, but by 1686 it was in the Real Alcázar di Madrid, possibly brought back between 1649 and 1651 by Diego Velázquez after his second trip to Italy. It was later moved to the Palazzo del Buon Ritiro.[2]


References
  1. "Disputa di Gesù con i dottori del Tempio" (in Spanish).
  2. "Mercedes Simal López, El Buen Retiro (Enciclopedia online del Museo del Prado di Madrid)" (in Spanish).

Bibliography
  • (in Spanish) Palladio 1508.2008, Edita General da Ediciones de Arquitectura, 2008, ISBN 978-84-936203-8-7.
  • (in Spanish) Filippo Pedrocco and Terisio Pignatti, Veronés:catálogo completo de pinturas (translated by José Luis Sancho Gaspar y Anselmo), Dedalo, 1993, p. 88, ISBN 978-84-460-0132-4.
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