Masters of the Life of Christ

Masters/Heinrich Hofmann/The Childhood of Jesus

The Childhood of Jesus, drawing, reproduced as an illustration by Heinrich Hofmann, by 1893

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In Joseph’s workshop at Nazareth, the boy Jesus carries a long beam while Joseph works and Mary sits spinning above. Luke sums up these years in one verse: “the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.”

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Other masters in room 10, Home to Nazareth:

The Return from Egypt, opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper by James Tissot, 1886–1894

James Tissot

The Return from Egypt, 1886–1894

Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper

Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.37)

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Image: Wikimedia Commons (from the Internet Archive). The work itself is in the public domain.

Masters of the Life of Christ

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Scripture quotations are from the King James Version and open in the Weak Things New Testament Connected reader.