A shudder. This is what the astonished, curious people who, in 1603, found themselves before this Caravaggio masterpiece felt.
Considered the first “film director” in history, centuries before the cinematographic cameras were invented, the Italian Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) concentrates light in Jesus’ chest, pierced by the spear on the Cross, and now resurrected.
Last Sunday’s Gospel (John 20: 19-31) narrates how the finger of the apostle Thomas, when touching Christ’s wound, became the most authentic testimony of the resurrection Of the Lord.
In this photographic gallery, in which we present the details of “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas,” we can admire Caravaggio’s spectacular artistic interpretation of this post-Resurrection encounter.
These images had a decisive influence on the history of painting. In fact, copies of the original spread throughout Europe. The painting is now housed in the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany.
And today we celebrate...