Christ appearing to the apostle Thomas holds his wrist and invites him to touch the wound in his side. Stipple engraving by B. Smith, 1826, after G.A. Galli, il Spadarino.

[London] (21 Judd Place West New Road) : Published (for the proprietor) by B. Smith, May 1826.

1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 23.6 x 28 cm

Incredulity of St Thomas. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side. Michael Angelo Caravagio pinx. Benjamin Smith sculp.

The composition is attributed in the lettering to Michelangelo Merisi, il Caravaggio. Benjamin Smith probably saw this attribution on the earlier print of this composition published by Boydell, for whom Smith had worked from 1787 if not earlier

John Gash, 'Spadarino's "Doubting Thomas" rediscovered', The Burlington magazine, 2015, 157: 678-681

L. Treves, Beyond Caravaggio, London: National Gallery, 2016, no. 15

John Gash, 'Caravaggism', The Burlington magazine, 2017, 159: 162-165

Wellcome Collection 2917628i

Possibly after a mezzotint 'From the original picture in the collection of Richard Archdall Esq.r", published by John Boydell in 1783 (in the same direction), also said to be after "Michael Angelo da Caravaggio". The painting passed via George Byng to the Wrotham Park Collection, Hertfordshire, and was successively reattributed to other painters: Ribera, Andrea Vaccaro, and latterly to G.A. Galli, lo Spadarino (Gash, loc. cit., and Treves, loc. cit.)