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Tobias carrying the fish, walking with the Angel
1608
Medium
engraving
Measurements
11.4 × 18.1 cm (image) 13.3 × 19.0 cm (plate) 14.2 × 20.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 1 ii (vol. VIII, p. 151); Nagler 33; Le Blanc 1; Wurzbach 1; Reitlinger 1 ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Ælsheimer / pinxit
printed in ink l.c.l.: "Incolumis Raphaëli viam monstranti Tobias Tu quoqƺ (q and ƺ joined) si sequeris quo custos Angelus anteit / Por varios casus,rtqƺ (q and ƺjoined) reditqƺ (q and ƺ joined) domum, Securus cali regna Paterna subis,
printed in ink l.r.: HGoudt (HG monogram) sculpt. (. under t) / Romæ 1608
Accession Number
1278.196-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Another Work Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
angels (spirits) angels (spirits) Blindness of Tobit (Old Testament narrative) fish (animals) Raphael, Archangel (Abrahamic religion character) religious characters reproductive prints youth (people)
Movements
Baroque