The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (1854-1860) is a painting by the English artist 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. Christ Discovered in the Temple, sometimes known as The Holy Family, by Simone Martini (c.1284-1344), is in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. It's a small painting, nearly 700 years old - a jewel among many from pre-Renaissance Siena.
It's startling in its expression of the emotions of exasperation and obstinacy, played out by the most exalted of families. In this episode of "Visio Divina: Praying with Art," we're meditating on a painting that depicts the moment when Mary and Joseph finally find Jesus in the temple after searching for him for 3 days. As a child, Christ abandoned his parents during a visit to the Temple in Jerusalem and stayed behind to teach among the scholars there.
His mother's words on finding him again are written in Latin on the book she holds: 'Son, why have you dealt with us like this?' The picture is signed and dated in Latin along the bottom edge of the frame: 'Simone of Siena painted me in the year of Our Lord. The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (1854 -1860) Currently аt Birmingham Museums Trust in the United Kingdom The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (1854-1860) is a painting by William Holman Hunt portraying the familiar New Testament story of Mary and Joseph finding the young Jesus in the temple in an in. In The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, Hunt opposed inner and outer spaces while at the same time juxtaposing significant actions: in the courtyard of the Temple the builders are literally completing the edifice of the Old Law, while within its walls the young Christ performs the same function spiritually and figuratively.
Futhermore, as F. G. Stephens pointed out, within the Temple.
The young Jesus if found in the Temple of Jerusalem, where he talks with the Pharisees and Sadducees. This theme is illustrated by a painting of William holman Hunt. The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (c.
1854-1860). Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham I have this artwork. Caption James Tissot (Nantes, France, 1836-1902, Chenecey-Buillon, France).
Jesus Found in the Temple (Jesus retrouvé dans le temple), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 10 1/8 x 6 15/16 in. (25.7 x 17.6 cm) Sheet: 10 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.
(25.7 x 17.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.41. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum).
The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (1854-60) 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.