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Incredulity of St. Thomas, Guercino, Vatican, Rome.

THOMAS, JAN, born at Ypres, baptized Feb. 5, 1617, died in Vienna in 1673. Flemish school; history and genre painter, pupil of Rubens; master of Antwerp guild in 1641; visited Italy, and in 1662 became court painter to Emperor Leopold I. Works: St. Francis adoring Madonna, Carmelite Church, Antwerp; Madonna and Penitent Sinners, Ypres Museum; Painter's Studio, Physician in his Study, Gotha Museum; Triumph of Bacchus (1656), Museum, Vienna; Alchemist, Liechtenstein Gallery, ib.; Reaching for the Purse (2, 1661), Harrach Gallery, ib.; others in Berlin and Kiel Galleries.—Immerzeel, iii. 138; Kramm, iv. 1625; Michiels, viii. 239.

THOMAS, ST., INCREDULITY OF, (John, xx. 25).

By Cima da Conegliano, Venice Academy; wood, H. 6 ft. 10 in. × 4 ft. 7 in. Christ, standing under an arched portico, with St. Thomas touching his wound; on other side, St. Magnus; background, landscape with a horseman. Formerly in the Scuola de' Muratori at Venice.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 242; Zanotto, Pinae. dell' Accad., Pl. 16; Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 665.

By Guerc, Vatican, Rome; canvas, life-size, half-length. Thomas placing his finger on Christ's wound; in background, three disciples. Carried to Paris; returned in 1815.—Landon, Musée, xii. Pl. 4; Pistolesi Vaticano, vi. Pl. 67.

By Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Beresford Hope, London; canvas, H. 10 ft. × 5 ft.; signed, dated 1851. Christ and St. Thomas, figures life-size, standing in a landscape, with a mountain in background; the former, with arm uplifted, is speaking to St. Thomas, who approaches reverently but doubtingly. Painted for Church of St. Thomas, Leeds, but not giving satisfaction was sold for £300 to present owner. Exhibited at Royal Academy in 1853, and at the Manchester Exhibition in 1857.—Atkinson, 79.

By Rembrandt, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; wood, H. 1 ft. × 11 in. Painted in 1634.—Waagen, Hermitage, 176; Vosmaer, 436.

Incredulity of St. Thomas, Cecchino del Salviati, Louvre.

By Cecchino del Salviati, Louvre, Paris; wood transferred to canvas, H. 8 ft. 10 in. × 7 ft. 6 in. Christ, at right, standing amongst the apostles, shows his wounds to St. Thomas, who kneels before him. Carried to France by Tommaso Guadagni, and placed in Chap