Scuola Italianadel XVII - XVIII sec. - San Tommaso Apostolo
Oil painting on copper (rummy) depicting St. Thomas the Apostle, holding a square and a book, his classic attributes that refer to his profession as an architect. He is venerated as the patron saint of architects, artists, carpenters, masons, stonecutters, surveyors, land surveyors. Saint Thomas was one of the 12 apostles of Christ, protagonist of the famous episode in which he first doubted the resurrection of Jesus and then, putting his finger in his side, he recognized him.
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Oil painting on copper (rummy) depicting St. Thomas the Apostle, holding a square and a book, his classic attributes that refer to his profession as an architect. He is venerated as the patron saint of architects, artists, carpenters, masons, stonecutters, surveyors, land surveyors. Saint Thomas was one of the 12 apostles of Christ, protagonist of the famous episode in which he first doubted the resurrection of Jesus and then, putting his finger in his side, he recognized him.