# Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MEMMI, Lippo]() - Date: 1301-1350 - Technique: Tempera on wood, 375 x 258 cm ## Commentary Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas c. 1340 Tempera on wood, 375 x 258 cm Santa Caterina, Pisa In this altarpiece St Thomas Aquinas receives not only the divine wisdom but also the wisdom of the Evangelists and the philosophers of the classical world. He then convey this to the Christian community, and also, in order to convert them, to the enemies of the Church. The intertwining structure of these rays of vision or wisdom determines the composition of the picture and creates a pictorial order which reflects the divine order of the cosmos. The panel probably was painted on the occasion of the canonization of St Thomas in 1323. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation to the Virgin]() - [Betrayal of Judas \(detail\)]() - [Christ Blessing \(detail\)]() - [Crucifixion \(detail\)]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna of the Recommended]() - [Maestà]() - [Maestà]() - [Mocking of Christ]() - [Scenes from the Life of Christ \(first bay\)]() - [Scenes from the Life of Christ \(second bay\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()