Giovanni Battista Bertucci
Saint Thomas Aquinas

CultureItalian
Titles
  • Saint Thomas Aquinas
Date1512–1516
PlaceFaenza, Umbria, Italy
MediumTempera on wood
DimensionsOverall: 54 1/2 × 21 3/8in. (138.4 × 54.3cm)
Frame (outer) (Frame): 62 × 31 1/4in. (157.5 × 79.4cm)
Credit LineThe Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection, gift of Sarah Campbell Blaffer
Object number64.34
Non exposé

Explore Further

Object Type
ProvenanceSan Andrea in Vineis, Faenza, Chapel of Saint Thomas of Aquinas 1512/16 - through 1759 (?); Hercolani Collection, Bologna, by 1770 - after 1828; Earle Collection, Leamington, in 1856; [Christie's 1948]; [Spencer A. Samuels and Co. Ltd., New York, sold to Sarah Campbell Blaffer, Houston, Texas, 1964]; donated MFAH on December 15, 1964.



Exhibition HistoryExhibited: “Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," touring Japan from April 13 thru October 3, 1999. Exhibition venues:The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, 13 April - 30 May 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, 5 June - 11 July 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, 17 July - 22 August 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 August - 3 October 1999. Exhibition catalogue (in Japanese only).

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Saint John the Evangelist
Giovanni Battista Bertucci
c. 1512–1516
Tempera on panel
BF.1978.22
Madonna of the Rosary with Angels
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1735
Oil on canvas
2023.568
Saint Francis
Benvenuto di Giovanni
c. 1475–1478
Tempera and gold leaf on wood
70.36
Saint John the Baptist
Giovanni di Paolo
c. 1435–1440
Tempera and gold leaf on wood
53.2
Saint Catherine
Giovanni di Paolo
c. 1435–1440
Tempera and gold leaf on wood
53.3
The Wild Boar
Giovanni Battista Foggini
c. 1700
Bronze
2009.20
Saint Clare Rescuing a Child Mauled by a Wolf
Giovanni di Paolo
c. 1455–1460
Tempera and gold leaf on panel
44.571
Virgin and Child
Giovanni Bellini
c. 1460–1470
Tempera on panel
44.552
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
François-Joseph Navez
1823
Oil on canvas
2007.716
Saints Anthony Abbot and John the Baptist with a Donor
c. 1485
Tempera and gold leaf on wood
34.124