The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Salviati)

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The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
The Incredulity of St. Thomas
ArtistFrancesco Salviati Edit this on Wikidata
Year1543–1547
Dimensions275 cm (108 in) × 234 cm (92 in)
OwnerFrench State Edit this on Wikidata
CollectionDepartment of Paintings of the Louvre Edit this on Wikidata
IdentifiersJoconde work ID: 000PE027030
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The Incredulity of Saint Thomas is a 1543–1547 painting by Francesco Salviati.[1] It was commissioned for the église Notre-Dame-de-Confort in Lyon by Thomas II de Gadagne (also known as Tomaso Guadagni), a Florentine counselor to Francis I of France. It is now held in the Louvre Museum and measures 275 cm by 234 cm.[2] It is signed FRANCESCO SALVIATO FLO. OPUS (S.B.D.) and the apostle shown in three-quarter-profile is a self-portrait of Salviati.[3]

Its choice of subject reflects an anti-Medici political viewpoint shared by commissioner and artist.[4][5] The work proved popular from its arrival in Lyon onwards and was copied by several artists in several media, including an engraving by Master CC.[6] Even after art history began to neglect art produced in and for Lyon, the painting was one of few such works still to be mentioned - for example, it appears in Giorgio Vasari's Lives.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Elsig 2014, p. 22
  2. ^ Base Joconde: Reference no. 000PE027030, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
  3. ^ Notice du Louvre
  4. ^ Virassamynaïken 2015, p. 208
  5. ^ « Arte civica a Firenze, dal primo popolo all'umanesimo: la tradizione, i modelli perduti », in Expo. Florence, 2013, p. 18-33
  6. ^ Bibliothèque nationale de France, Est. Ed 4b rés. fol.
  7. ^ Elsig 2014, p. 10

Bibliography[edit]

  • Elsig, Frédéric (2014). Peindre à Lyon au XVIe siècle (in French). Milan: Silvana Editoriale. ISBN 978-88-366-2768-4. OCLC 880552249. Notice BnF no FRBNF43834242) — Ouvrage issu d'un colloque international tenu à Genève les 26 et 27 octobre 2012 organisé par le Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève, l'Université de Genève et Uni Bastions.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Virassamynaïken, Ludmila, ed. (2015). Lyon Renaissance : arts et humanisme (in French). Lyon: Musée des beaux-arts. ISBN 978-2-7572-0991-2. OCLC 930148316.
  • Salviati, Francesco; Monbeig-Goguel, Catherine (1998). Francesco Salviati (1510-1563), ou, La bella maniera : Rome, Villa Médicis 28 janvier-29 mars 1998 : Paris, Musée du Louvre 30 avril-29 juin 1998 (in French). Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. ISBN 2-7118-3513-8. OCLC 39066418.
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