The Incredulity of Thomas
Also titled De ongelovige Thomas
Hendrick ter Brugghen (ca. –1629)
c. 1622
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- support: height 108.8 cm x width 136.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Thomas simply could not believe that Christ had actually risen from the dead. His doubts were dispelled only when he had seen and touched the wounds in Christ’s side and hands himself. Emulating his great model Caravaggio, Ter Brugghen portrayed Christ and his followers with craggy faces and wrinkled, rough hands.
