The thirteenth stained glass window in the Sint-Janskerk in Gouda depicting the twelve-year-old Christ in the temple among the scribes. Christ counts his arguments on his fingers, while the scribes study their books. In the background, Joseph and Mary come rushing in looking for their son. In the background, John the Baptist goes into the desert. In the lower scene, the donor of the window, Petrus van Zuyren, kneels before Mary with the Christ Child. Behind Petrus van Zuyren stands his namesake Peter with the key as his attribute, Stained glass window 13 in the Sint-Janskerk in Gouda: The

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