St. Thomas Aquinas

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St. Thomas Aquinas

Artist Andrés López (Mexican, 1727 - 1807)

Place of OriginMexico

Date18th century

Dimensions17 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (44.5 × 34.3 cm)

MediumOil on canvas

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LineGift of Edward B. Davison and Cathy O. Blight, M.D., and Fenton M. and Marilyn M. Davison

Object number

2021.9

Not on View

DescriptionThe Four Doctors, or Fathers, of the Latin Church are St. Ambrose, St. Jerome, St. Augustine, and St. Gregory the Great. The present series includes St. Jerome and St. Gregory the Great, but substitutes for St. Ambrose and St. Augustine two other later doctrinal writers, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure, granted the title Doctor of the Church since the 16th century. St. Thomas Aquinas – Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225-1274), a mediaeval theologian, is identifiable due to his emblem of the sun on his chest and his Dominican habit. He is seated in a colonial neo-classical chair, beside a table on which is seen a crucifix and a book. Another book appears below his feet. He holds a quill pen.

Published ReferencesFlint Institute of Arts, The Fenton R. McCreery Collection of Mexican Colonial Paintings, 1971, nrs. 6-9 [with other three paintings in series].Exhibition HistoryFlint, MI, Flint Institute of Arts, The Fenton R. McCreery Collection of Mexican Colonial Paintings, 1971, nrs. 6-9 [with other three paintings in series].