The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Caravaggio, 1601
It's the doubting Thomas story — the apostle who said he wouldn't believe the resurrection until he'd put his hand in the wound himself. A rich Roman collector paid for it, apparently, and it later bounced through a royal collection and somehow came through the Second World War without a scratch.
Erisava: Did anyone else wince at the finger actually going in?
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