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Tobit burying the dead

Giovanni Benedetto CASTIGLIONE
Tobit burying the dead
 (c. 1655-1660)

Medium
brush drawing in red and pale-blue paint with touches of dark red and dark brown paint on beige paper with ruled ink border edged with gold; laid down

Measurements
40.5 × 54.2 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1970

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Accession Number
P85-1970

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
burials corpses (bodies) religious characters Tobit (Old Testament character)

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Essay
A Bernini self-portrait?

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