SALVIATI, Cecchino del
(b. 1510, Firenze, d. 1563, Roma)

The Incredulity of St Thomas

1543-47
Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 275 x 234 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The theme of this altarpiece is connected with the identity of its commissioner, Tommaso Guadani, Florentine advisor to François I. The painting was commissioned for the funerary chapel of the Guadani family in the church of Notre-Dame de Confort in Lyon.