Focus on The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Tzanes) and discuss the abstract.
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas is a tempera painting created by Greek painter Emmanuel Tzanes.  Tzanes features a catalog of artwork numbering over one hundred works. He was one of the most prolific artists of the 1600s painting in Crete, Corfu, and Venice. His two brothers Marinos Tzanes and Konstantinos Tzanes were also famous painters but Marinos is more well known for his famous poem The Cretan War (O Kritikos Polemos) Ο Κρητικός Πόλεμος.  All three artists were members of the Late Cretan School and early Heptanese School (painting) they were known for participating in the movement that integrated Flemish engravings into the Greek and Italian art world.According to the account of the Gospel of John; the Apostle Thomas doubted to believe the resurrection of Jesus Christ without direct personal experience. He did not believe the resurrected Jesus appeared to the ten other apostles until he could see and feel Jesus' crucifixion wounds. In the story the Apostle Thomas is known as Doubting Thomas. The work of art is a depiction of the historic event.
Countless Greek and Italian painters have artistically depicted the dramatic event.  Caravaggio created a notable depiction known as The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Caravaggio).  Two works of art are similar to the painting. One was an engraving completed by famous German artist Albrecht Dürer in the early 1500s featuring the dramatic event also entitled the Incredulity of Saint Thomas and the other is a painting entitled The Incredulity of Thomas created by Maerten de Vos painted in the middle of the 1500s.  Two other notable Italian works feature similar complex geometric structures in the background.  The work is part of the collection of the  Hellenic Institute of Venice Museum.
Heptanese School Crete Konstantinos Tzanes Corfu Emmanuel Tzanes Marinos Tzanes Maerten de Vos Hellenic Institute of Venice Tzanes Cretan School Hellenic Institute Caravaggio Doubting Thomas The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Caravaggio) Venice Dürer Albrecht Dürer Heptanese School (painting)