Tobias and the Angel (Q60516019)
Label from: English (en)
genre:
religious art (Q2864737)
artist:
Francesco Guardi (Q318769)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
main subject:
Tobias and the Angel (Q3530155)
location of final assembly:
Italy (Q38)
part of:
The Sacrifice of Isaac, Tobias and the Angel, The Angels Appearing to Abraham, Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels (painting series) (Q60515992)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.235.2
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: This series of paintings predominantly tells the Old Testament story of Abraham and Isaac, and each of the canvases treats the interaction of humans and angels. In three works, angels appear to Abraham. However, the narrative of Tobias and the Angel comes from an entirely different book of the Bible. The blind Tobit sends his son Tobias off to collect a sum of money in the distant town of Media, with the angel Raphael accompanying him in disguise as a human. This particular work depicts Raphael overseeing Tobias catching a fish, which would later be used to cure his father's blindness.
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