The Martyrdom of the Apostle Thomas

1638–1646

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, spots of red wash at upper right and left
Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 6 1/8in. (17.4 x 15.6cm)
Collection no.: 56.219.4
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Lanfranco. The Martyrdom of the Apostle Thomas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Martyrdom of the Apostle Thomas — Giovanni Lanfranco. 1638–1646.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, spots of red wash at upper right and left. Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 6 1/8in. (17.4 x 15.6cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Walter Lowry, 1956.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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