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Cologne Thomas the Apostle placing his hand into Christ's wound, as shown in the St. Thomas Altarpiece, the central panel of the St. Bartholomew Altar (c. 1500), by the unknown Master of the St. Bartholomew Altar; oil on oak, in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany.

Wallraf-Richartz Museum

museum, Cologne, Germany
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Wallraf-Richartz Museum, art collection now housed in a modern building in Cologne, Ger. The strength of the collection, which dates from 1824, lies chiefly in German painting, though it includes fine works from most other western European schools. The museum also has collections of graphic arts and sculpture. In 1957 a research library was opened that now has over 130,000 volumes.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Richard Pallardy.