Podcast 263 - Caravaggio’s “Incredulity of St. Thomas”
Rebuilding The Renaissance
English - January 31, 2024 11:30 - 19 minutes - 18 MB - ★★★★★ - 202 ratingsArts History florence italy milan renaissance rome architecture art history painting sculpture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It was for one of his most important patrons, the fabulously wealthy banker, Vincenzo Giustiniani, that Caravaggio painted one of his most moving works – the “Incredulity of St. Thomas.” The skeptical apostle Thomas probes Christ’s wound with his finger in a disturbingly graphic way that only Caravaggio could represent.