‘ST. THOMAS.’

– Thomas, full-length, a spear in one hand and a book in the other. In the background on the left, Thomas touches the wound in Christ’s side; in the background on the right you can see how Thomas is killed by soldiers with lances. This print is part of a series of (probably) 16 prints, consisting of a title page and (probably) 15 portraits, depicting Christ, Mary and the apostles; It is a series of mirror-image copies of the so-called ‘great apostles’.

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Thomas, full-length, a spear in one hand and a book in the other. In the background on the left, Thomas touches the wound in Christ’s side; in the background on the right you can see how Thomas is killed by soldiers with lances. This print is part of a series of (probably) 16 prints, consisting of a title page and (probably) 15 portraits, depicting Christ, Mary and the apostles; It is a series of mirror-image copies of the so-called ‘great apostles’.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Jacques Callot.

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 11.7 x 17.1 cm (4.61 x 6.73 inch). Image size: 9.3 x 13.9 cm. (3.66 x 5.47 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

APOSTLE-SAINT-THOMAS | PCO-C44-42

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: Meaume 112 (copy)

Lieure 1306 (copy).

Biography artist: Jacques Callot (c.1592-1635) was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independent state on the north-eastern border of France, southwestern border of Germany and overlapping the southern Netherlands). He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Romani, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many religious and military images, and many prints featured extensive landscapes in their background.