BRA0253

Title

Subject

Description

In 1514 Dürer also began a series of small engravings of Christ’s apostles. The first two produced were of St. Paul and St. Thomas. In the exhibited print, St. Thomas holds both a Bible and his traditional attribute, the spear with which he supposedly was martyred in Madras, India, according to the apocryphal Acts of St. Thomas. The radiant halo casts his fierce facial features into shadowy silhouette.

Creator

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528.

Source

BRA0253. Albrecht Dürer. St. Thomas the Apostle. Engraving. Nuremberg, 1514.

Relation

Engraver

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

None

Type

Engraving print

Collection

Books and Prints by Albrecht Durer

Citation

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528., “BRA0253,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 16, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1857.