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St Thomas

Also known as: St Thomas; primary name: St Thomas; other name: Apostle; other name: Didymus; other name: Doubting Thomas; other name: St Thomas Apostle; other name: Thomas
Details: individual; saint/martyr; biblical figure; Male
Life dates: fl. early 1stC-
Biography: Christian saint, New Testament figure and the apostle who doubted Christ's resurrection until he put a finger into the wound. Said to have preached in India where, according to some traditions, he was speared to death near Madras. His attribute is the carpenter's square or the T-square.

227 related objects

album; painting

Museum number: 1920,0917,0.32 |
Cultures/periods: x23192 Mughal dynasty |
Production date: 1650 |
Production place: Made in:India

ampulla

Museum number: 1902,0529.24 |
Cultures/periods: x272758 Middle Byzantine |
Production date: 11thC-13thC |
Production place: Made in:JerusalemMade in:Palestine (Historic) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Azam, El-

apostle spoon

Museum number: 1981,0701.8 |
Production date: 1536-1537 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.1.33 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1510

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.2.35 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1510

book of prints; print

Title: Frammenti di Pitture di Bruno e Spinello Pitture a fresco del Campo Santo di Pisa |
Museum number: 1856,0209.1337 |
Producer name: After:Spinello AretinoPrint made by:Carlo Lasinio |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:Florence (city)

book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1909,0403.10 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Attributed to:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1503

bottle

Museum number: 1855,1212.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 1680-1690 |
Production place: Made in:Kreussen

bowl

Museum number: 1915,1208.179 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1120-1130 1210 |
Production place: Made in:GermanyMade in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)Found/Acquired:Thames, River

casket

Museum number: 1856,0623.7 |
Cultures/periods: x41037 Late Roman |
Production date: 420-430 |
Production place: Made in:Rome (city)

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.43 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1275-1300 |
Production place: Made in:France

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.26 |
Producer name: BIOG23953 Drawn by:Lucas Cranach the Elder |
Production date: 1520-1525

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.871 |
Producer name: BIOG31347 Drawn by:Francisco de Herrera I |
Production date: 1642

drawing; album

Museum number: 1923,0717.2.27 |
Producer name: BIOG34985 Drawn by:Paul Lautensack |
Production date: 1535

drawing

Museum number: Pp,2.97 |
Producer name: BIOG27122 Circle/School of:Gaudenzio Ferrari |
Production date: 1496-1546

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.136 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1563-1628

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.89 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1563-1628

drawing

Museum number: 1985,1005.3 |
Producer name: BIOG18412 Drawn by:Dirck Barendsz. |
Production date: 1549-1592

drawing; album

Museum number: 1895,0915.1384 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1451-1475

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1855,0811.86 |
Producer name: BIOG19119 Drawn by:Jacopo Bellini |
Production date: 1440-1470

drawing

Museum number: SL,5227.45 |
Producer name: BIOG44390 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista della Rovere |
Production date: 1576-1636

drawing

Museum number: 1997,U.8 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: Late 16thC

drawing; album

Museum number: SL,5217.397 |
Producer name: BIOG20113 Drawn by:Arent van Bolten |
Production date: 1588-1633

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.91 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1563-1628

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.556 |
Producer name: BIOG48897 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Trotti |
Production date: 1570-1619

drawing; album

Museum number: 1886,0104.3.75 |
Producer name: BIOG49398 Drawn by:Raffaello Vanni |
Production date: 1640

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1939,1104.8 |
Producer name: BIOG25382 Drawn by:Daniel Dodd |
Production date: 1788

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1929,0713.134 |
Producer name: BIOG19807 Drawn by:William Blake |
Production date: 1795-1797

flabellum

Museum number: 1856,0623.30 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1175-1200 |
Production place: Made in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Germany

icon; painting

Title: The Resurrection/Descent into Hell (Anastasis or ‘Voskresenie Christovo’) surrounded by 16 Festival |
Museum number: 1926,1115.1 |
Production date: 18thC(late)-19thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Palekh

medal

Museum number: MG.1118

medal

Museum number: 1992,0113.6161 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

medal; electrotype

Museum number: 2004,0107.11 |
Producer name: BIOG104475 Designed by:Frank Bowcher |
Production date: 1873 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

panel

Museum number: 1856,0623.47 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 14thC-15thC |
Production place: Made in:BelgiumMade in:France

panel

Museum number: 1893,0426.152 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15th century |
Production place: Made in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Selby

plaquette

Museum number: 1915,1216.232 |
Production date: 15thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Venice (city)

plaquette

Museum number: SLPictures.299.f |
Producer name: BIOG19103 Made by:Valerio Belli |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

plate

Museum number: 1874,0302.12 |
Producer name: BIOG64929 Made by:BQ |
Production place: Made in:Nuremberg

plate

Museum number: 1874,0302.11 |
Producer name: BIOG70950 Made by:HL |
Production date: 1643 |
Production place: Made in:Nuremberg

print

Title: S Thomas The Crucifixion and the martyrdom of the Apostles |
Museum number: 1863,0509.672 |
Producer name: Print made by:Julius GoltziusAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1590

print

Title: TOMAS Christ with the twelve apostles with St Paul |
Museum number: 1870,0709.152 |
Producer name: BIOG51031 After:Johannes Wierix |
Production date: 1579

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.538 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacobus NeeffsAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1630-1660

print

Title: M. B. Thomae Appos. Martiryum Appostolorum |
Museum number: 1861,0713.239 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CallotPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1632

print

Title: Apostles |
Museum number: Ii,1.13 |
Producer name: BIOG45511 Print made by:Martin Schongauer |
Production date: 1470-1482

print

Museum number: 1926,0713.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist IEAfter:Martin Schongauer |
Production date: 1480-1500

print

Title: S. Thomas |
Museum number: V,5.70 |
Producer name: After:RaphaelAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1650-1700

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.341 |
Producer name: BIOG45511 After:Martin Schongauer |
Production date: 1470-1500

print

Museum number: 1929,1021.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ramón Bayeu y SubíasAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1760-1793

print

Museum number: 1857,0711.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:MarcantonioAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1517-1527

print

Title: Set of fifteen plates after frescoes by Correggio |
Museum number: 1837,0408.650 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico Maria BonaveraAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1697

print

Museum number: 1848,0930.78 |
Producer name: After:Antonio CorreggioPrint made by:Paolo Toschi

print

Title: S.Thomas Christ and the Apostles with St Paul |
Museum number: 1877,0811.636 |
Producer name: Print made by:Schelte Adamsz. BolswertAfter:Gerard Segers |
Production date: 1625-1640 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Christ and Apostles |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1590 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco da RavennaAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1517-1527

print

Title: Five apostles |
Museum number: 1845,0809.517 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes WierixPublished by:Hieronymus Cock |
Production date: 1609 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Christ, Paul and the Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: Gg,4I.31 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 Print made by:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1510

print

Title: The twelve apostles |
Museum number: 1837,0616.189 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1546

print

Museum number: 1868,1114.38 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1500-1525

print

Museum number: 1929,1112.2.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard de LairessePublished by:Nicolaes Visscher II |
Production date: 1661

print; album

Title: The Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: 1877,0811.1169 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonius WierixAfter:Ambrosius Francken |
Production date: 1585

print; book-illustration

Title: Les festes du mois de décembre |
Museum number: 1857,1212.326 |
Producer name: BIOG41929 Print made by:Nicolas Picart |
Production date: 1640-1660

print

Museum number: 1848,0304.323 |
Producer name: After:Antonio CorreggioPrint made by:Paolo Toschi

print

Title: Salvatoris Beatae Mariae Virginis Sanctorum Aposto Les Grands Apôtres |
Museum number: 1861,0713.209 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CallotPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1631

print

Title: The Saviour, the Virgin Mary, St John the Baptist and the Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: U,2.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:Agostino CarracciPublished by:Orazio Bertelli |
Production date: 1583

print

Title: I più celebri quadri delle diverse scuole italiane riuniti nell' appartamento Borgia del Vaticano |
Museum number: 1864,1114.76 |
Producer name: After:Guido ReniPrint made by:Giuseppe Antonio Craffonara |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: The Saviour, the Virgin Mary, St John the Baptist and the Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: U,2.81 |
Producer name: Print made by:Agostino CarracciPublished by:Orazio Bertelli |
Production date: 1583

print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1895,0122.538 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1510

print; book-illustration

Museum number: E,8.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans SchäufeleinPrinted by:Friedrich Peypus |
Production date: 1507 |
Production place: Printed in:Nuremberg

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,1031.485 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Cranach the ElderPrinted by:Symphorian Reinhart |
Production date: 1510-1515

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.1941 |
Producer name: Print made by:Virgil SolisPrinted by:Valentin Geissler |
Production date: 1552 |
Production place: Printed in:Nuremberg

print; book-illustration

Title: St. Thomas his Martyrdom |
Museum number: Q,6.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:Richard Royston |
Production date: 1675 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Christ, the Twelve Apostles and Paul |
Museum number: D,5.203 |
Producer name: BIOG29295 Print made by:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1589

print

Title: Christ and the apostles |
Museum number: 1909,0612.71 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1520

print

Museum number: 1895,0617.179 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 1480-1500

print

Title: S. Thomas Christ, the Virgin, the Twelve Apostles, Paul and |
Museum number: 1930,0716.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter de BailliuAfter:Theodoor van Thulden |
Production date: 1645-1660

print

Title: S Thomas Apost. Christ, The Apostles and St Paul |
Museum number: 1908,0616.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Zacharias DolendoAfter:Jacques de Gheyn II |
Production date: 1596

print

Museum number: 1867,0713.72 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1480-1490

print

Title: St Thomas Christ, the Apostles and St Paul |
Museum number: 1909,0612.117 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Isaac BrunAfter:Monogrammist GZ |
Production date: 1562-1563

print

Museum number: 1845,0825.641 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAttributed to:Francesco Rosselli |
Production date: 1490-1500

print

Museum number: 1939,1104.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GoldarAfter:Daniel Dodd |
Production date: 1788

print; book-illustration; popular print

Title: S. Thomas |
Museum number: 1857,1212.314 |
Producer name: BIOG61393 Published by:Bowles & Carver |
Production date: 1793-1832

print

Title: S. Tomas Christ and the Apostles |
Museum number: D,7.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lambert SuaviusAfter:Lambert Lombard |
Production date: 1560-1574

print

Title: Effigies cognitae, in Tabula, vulgo, la Disputa del SS. Sacramento... |
Museum number: 1869,0410.2127 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni VolpatoAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1750-1800

print

Title: Etchings after Early Italian Masters |
Museum number: 1864,1114.695 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl Ludwig KuhbeilAfter:Taddeo Gaddi |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Title: Feuille de croquis |
Museum number: 1888,0612.637 |
Producer name: BIOG61691 Print made by:Léopold Flameng |
Production date: 1855

print

Title: The Life of Christ |
Museum number: 1837,0616.146 |
Producer name: BIOG41533 Print made by:Georg Pencz |
Production date: 1534-1535

print

Title: Christ, Paul and the Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: 1834,0712.107 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 Print made by:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1510

print

Title: Christ and the Apostles |
Museum number: W,1.140 |
Producer name: BIOG147597 Print made by:Master FP |
Production date: 1500-1550

print

Title: Cabinet Praun |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1700 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb PrestelAfter:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1779

print

Title: S. Bartholomeus |
Museum number: D,5.204 |
Producer name: Published by:Balthasar MoncornetAfter:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1620-1668

print

Museum number: 1848,0930.79 |
Producer name: After:Antonio CorreggioPrint made by:Paolo Toschi

print

Title: Christ and the Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: W,1.158 |
Producer name: BIOG45320 Print made by:Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone |
Production date: 1540-1563

print

Museum number: 1861,1109.675 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1500-1525

print

Title: Da aca tu mano (dixo Jesus resucitado á Thomas) Estampas que representan los principales sucesos d |
Museum number: 1895,0718.6.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:José María BonifazPublished by:Antonio Baylo |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:Madrid (city)

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas's Unbelief Ostervald's Bible |
Museum number: 1872,1012.524 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham HunterPublished by:Matthew Brown |
Production date: 1790-93 |
Production place: Published in:Newcastle (Shropshire)

print

Title: S. Thomas Christ and the Apostles |
Museum number: D,6.101 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Joos Van Winghe |
Production date: 1594

print; popular print

Title: S. Thomas |
Museum number: 1857,1212.313 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Published by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1750-1850

print

Title: S. Thomas Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: 1928,0313.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:François de LouvemontAfter:Giovanni Lanfranco |
Production date: 1680

print

Title: I più celebri quadri delle diverse scuole italiane riuniti nell' appartamento Borgia del Vaticano |
Museum number: 1864,1114.78 |
Producer name: After:GuercinoPrint made by:Giuseppe Antonio Craffonara |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: The Apostles and St John the Baptist |
Museum number: W,1.170 |
Producer name: BIOG41167 After:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1503-1540

print

Title: Jesus Christ and the twelve Apostles |
Museum number: 1868,1114.208 |
Producer name: BIOG37576 Print made by:Monogrammist FVB |
Production date: 1475-1500

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