- Reproduction
- Object number29
- Record typesingle object
- Catalog (number)Bartsch: B43-2(4)
New Hollstein Dutch: NHD189-2(9) - Object name
- TitleThe Angel Departing from the Family of Tobias
- Creator
- Production date1641
- Technique
- Material
- Dimensions
- plate height: 103 mm
plate width: 154 mm - Inscriptionsignature and date - b.c.
Rembrandt f 1641
- Accompanying textThe archangel Raphael, who had accompanied Tobit on a long journey, now flies away. Tobit and his father kneel in the left foreground. On the right we see the valuables they had offered Raphael as a reward. The Apocryphal book of Tobit served as a source of inspiration for Rembrandt and his pupils on many occasions.
- AcquisitionAcquired from Jan Veth, 1915.
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