Temptation of St. Thomas (Velázquez)

Temptation of St. Thomas

Artist	Diego Velázquez
Year	1632
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	244 cm × 203 cm (96 in × 80 in)
Location	Cathedral Museum of Sacred Art, Orihuela

The Temptation of St. Thomas is a painting by the Spanish Baroque painter Diego Velázquez, executed in 1632 and housed in the Museum of Sacred Art of Orihuela Cathedral, southern Spain.

The work, for a period, was attributed to Murcian painter Nicolás de Villacis, until it was recognized as Velázquez's in the 1920s. It portrays the episode of the life of Saint Thomas Aquinas when, as a novice, he resisted the temptation represented by a prostitute, who is visible in the background door. The saint is held by an angel, while another is preparing to dress him with a white ribbon, representing chastity.

Temptation of St. Thomas is among Velázquez's better-known paintings.^[1]

References

^ Lowe, Alfonso; Seymour-Davies, Hugh (2000). The Companion Guide to the South of Spain. Companion Guides. p. 345. ISBN 1900639335.

Sources

Velázquez, Catálogo de la Exposición. Museo del Prado. 1990.

External links

Velázquez , exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on this painting (see index)

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Genre	The Lunch (c. 1617) Old Woman Frying Eggs (c. 1618) The Farmers' Lunch (1618) Three Musicians (1618) The Waterseller of Seville (1618–1622) The Kitchen Maid (1620–1622) The Needlewoman (c. 1635–1643)
History	The Triumph of Bacchus (1628–1629) Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–1635) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647–1651) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657)
Religious	Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1618) Saint Paul (1618–1620) Adoration of the Magi (1619) Joseph's Tunic (1630) Temptation of St. Thomas (1632) Christ Crucified (1632) Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1641–1644)
Portraits	The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente (1620) Don Luis de Góngora (1622) Philip IV in Armour (after 1623) Count-Duke of Olivares (1624) The Infante Don Carlos (1626–1627) Maria Anna (1630) Philip IV in Brown and Silver (1630s) Portrait of a Man (c. 1630) Prince Balthasar Charles with a Dwarf (1631) Don Juan Mateos (1632–1633) Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and Her Son Don Luis (1634) Count-Duke of Olivares (1635) Prince Balthasar Charles as a Hunter (1635) Juan Martínez Montañés (1635–1636) Pablo de Valladolid (1636–1637) Lady with a Fan (1638–1639) Philip IV in Fraga (1644) Francisco Lezcano (1645) Pope Innocent X (1650) Juan de Pareja (1650) Mariana of Austria (1652) The Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain (1652–1653) Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Peach Dress (1653–1654) Las Meninas (1656) Infanta Margarita in a White and Silver Dress (1656) Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress (1659) Prince Philip Prospero (1659) Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress (1660)
Equestrian portraits	Elisabeth of France (c. 1628–1636) Count-Duke of Olivares (1634) Margarita of Austria (1634) Philip III (1634–1635) Philip IV (1635–1636) Prince Balthasar Charles (1635) Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (1636)
Jesters	Calabacillas (1626–1632) Don John of Austria (1632–1633) Barbarroja (1633) Calabacillas (1637–1639) Sebastián de Morra (c. 1645) Don Diego de Acedo (1645)
Landscapes	View of the Garden of the Villa Medici (c. 1630)
Portrayals	Statue of Velázquez (1899, Madrid) El ministerio del tiempo (television series)

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Books	Contra Errores Graecorum De regno, ad regem Cypri Quaestiones Disputatae de Veritate Summa Theologiae Quinque viae Treatise on Law Summa contra Gentiles
Hymns and prayers	Adoro te devote Creator ineffabilis Lauda Sion Ecce panis angelorum O sacrum convivium Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium Tantum ergo Sacris solemniis Panis angelicus Verbum supernum prodiens O salutaris hostia
Thought	Actus Essendi Homo unius libri Principle of double effect View on the Sacraments
Related	Canonization of Thomas Aquinas Thomism Editio Leonina Neo-scholasticism Analytical Thomism Thomas Aquinas Dictionary List of works by Thomas Aquinas Institutional namesakes Pontifical University International Council of Universities Triumph of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1323 painting) The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1631 painting) Temptation of St. Thomas (1632 painting)
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