Tobias restoring the eyesight of Tobit. Oil painting by a Dutch painter, 17th century.

Date:
1600-1699
Reference:
44825i
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Tobit and Anna were the parents of Tobias who is shown here at the moment when he is saving the sight of his father with the help of the Archangel Raphael. Tobit had been reduced to poverty by God as a test, and Anna supported him with her spinning wheel. The story was considered to be an example of piety in adversity

Publication/Creation

1600-1699

Physical description

1 painting : oil on wood ; wood 52.5 x 45.1 cm

Lettering

G: Dou

Reference

Wellcome Collection 44825i

Creator/production credits

Dr Peter Sutton, 25 May 1989, suggested that this work may be a copy of a lost painting by Gerrit Dou. A signature on a bucket in the right foreground reads "G: Dou"

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