Bartolomeo degli Erri (active 1460-79)
St. Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul
Tempera on wood
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 23.140, Fletcher Fund, 1923
The occasion pictured is recounted in the Golden Legend: "As on a night this glorious doctor was in his orisons and prayers, the blessed apostles Peter and Paul appeared to him and induced [instructed] him in holy scripture, and especially of the prophecy of prophets all entirely and holy." On the left the saint takes down one of the volumes of scripture in his study. On the right, the two apostles sit with him and explain the text he has chosen.
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Photographed at the museum by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.