# The Incredulity of St Thomas [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TERBRUGGHEN, Hendrick]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 109 x 137 cm ## Commentary The Incredulity of St Thomas c. 1622 Oil on canvas, 109 x 137 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 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, Terbrugghen portrayed Christ and his followers with craggy faces and wrinkled, rough hands. ## Related artworks - [A Laughing Bravo with a Bass Viol and a Glass]() - [Bagpipe Player]() - [Boy Lighting a Pipe from a Candle]() - [Boy Playing a Fife]() - [Boy Playing a Recorder]() - [Christ Crowned with Thorns]() - [Democritus]() - [Duet]() - [Esau Selling His Birthright]() - [Esau Selling His Birthright]() - [Girl Holding a Tankard and a Glass]() - [Heraclitus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()