In the last two vignettes that fill the upper band on the southeast and south walls, Ugolino, unlike most artists of monumental Christological narratives, devotes as much space to Mary and Joseph as parents to the youthful Jesus as he does to the more familiar events surrounding his birth. Although most artists recount the two biblical events of Jesus’s youth in one composition each, Ugolino expands the sojourn in Egypt into three episodes and Jesus’s visit to the temple into five. Mary’s character progresses from the nurturer of an infant to a brave refugee, teacher, and spiritual guide for young Jesus. As in the Meditations, the paintings characterize her modest circumstances, travails, and vulnerability as marks of valor rather than as signs of weakness.