Opvoeding van kinderen

In a vaulted study filled with books and scholarly tools, a teacher at a high desk supervises students who are sitting on benches and the floor reading and writing. An armillary sphere sits on a shelf in the background, signifying the study of the cosmos as part of a formal education. The central image is framed by panels containing Latin scriptural excerpts and small narrative scenes illustrating virtues such as obedience, modesty, and wisdom.

This work exemplifies the Renaissance humanist approach to education, which merged the study of natural philosophy and the liberal arts with religious moral discipline. The prominent placement of the armillary sphere alongside the biblical maxim 'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom' reflects the late 16th-century view that understanding the physical universe was a path toward understanding the divine.