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Christ Among the Doctors Albrecht Dürer, 1506
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Christ Among the Doctors

Albrecht Dürer · 1506

Why it's great

A young Jesus sits among wise old teachers in the temple, and their hands and faces fill the picture. Albrecht Dürer painted it in 1506 in just five days, during a trip to Italy.

Where to see it

📍 Thyssen-Bornemisza MuseumMadrid, Spain

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About the artist

Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528 · born in Nuremberg

Albrecht Dürer was a German artist born in Nuremberg in 1471. He was a painter, but he is most famous for his woodcuts and engravings, which made him known across Europe, and for traveling to Italy to learn from Renaissance artists. He lived mostly in Nuremberg and died there in 1528.

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