Heinrich Hofmann1881

Christ in the Temple

At twelve years old, Jesus sits among the teachers in the temple, listening and asking questions, and all who hear are amazed at his understanding (Luke 2). By the German painter Heinrich Hofmann.

Christ in the Temple by Heinrich Hofmann depicting Luke 2:41
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About Heinrich Hofmann

1824-1911 · German

Heinrich Hofmann was a German academic painter whose devotional images of Christ — most famously Christ in Gethsemane and Christ in the Temple — became some of the most widely reproduced religious paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries.