The Incredulity of Saint Thomas

Thomas, one of the twelve Apostles, declared that he would only believe that Christ had risen from the dead if he could touch his wounds. When Christ appeared a second time to the Apostles he spoke to Thomas: ‘Reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless but believing’ (John 20: 27).

The spontaneity and confidence of Strozzi’s handling of paint is very apparent in this well-preserved painting. It dates from about 1620.