Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, heightened with white gouache
Size
20.4 × 10.5 cm
Inventory
2001.188
Period
England, 1526–1527
Attribution
Attributed to Holbein

One of the "Apostles of 1527"; the Met gives it to Holbein, but Müller (2006) assigns the group to his workshop or circle.

1900 × 3706 px. Photograph: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Chiaroscuro drawing on brown paper of the apostle Thomas standing barefoot with arms folded, wrapped in a heavy cloak, gazing upward; a set square and tools lean against a block behind.