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Studio of Bernardo Strozzi in Genoa.

Incredulity of St. Thomas (Detail)

ca 1605-1610. Oil

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"Vanitas (The Old Coquette)" (ca. 1637) by Bernardo Strozzi

Title: The Incredulity of St. Thomas Artist: Bernardo Strozzi (Italian [Genoese], 1581-1644) Date: ca. 1620 Genre: religious art (Christianity) Period: Baroque Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 89 cm (35 in) high x 98.2 cm (38.6 in) wide

This painting illustrates the story of the Apostle Thomas, nicknamed "Doubting Thomas," as recounted in Chapter 20 of the Gospel of John. Thomas, having previously refused to believe that the other Apostles had seen the risen Christ, places his finger in the wound Christ received from a centurion's spear while on the Cross, proving that Christ is indeed a flesh-and-blood human and not a ghost or apparition. Strozzi eliminates nearly all background detail to focus on the two key figures. Thomas's face is not seen, as he is intent on the figure of Christ. Christ himself is shown with a halo in soft focus; he still wears the graveclothes in which he was buried. Two onlookers frame the action; the figure on the right may be John himself.

Bernardo Strozzi began his career in his native Genoa as a painter in the then-prevailing Mannerist style. He subsequently came under the influence of Flemish artists such as Rubens and developed a more naturalistic style, which he brought with him to Venice in the 1630s. Over the last decade of his life, he became one of the most significant figures of the Venetian Baroque.

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Christ's Charge to St. Peter

Artist: Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581-1644)

Date: ca. 1635-1637

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Description

Christ handing over the keys of heaven to St. Peter, is based on a passage in the New Testament from the Gospel of Matthew (16:18-19) in which Christ addresses the apostle Peter: “Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church... And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.”