Florentine school of painting, beginning of XVII century.
Small painting of great delicacy and at the same time expressive freedom.
34cm*31cm
Oil on canvas.
Relined and restored
One of the most popular subjects of renaissance paintings.
In the story, a faithful man named Tobit sends his son Tobias to go to a foreign country to retrieve some money from a family member. Raphael rescues the Tobias from being devoured by a great fish. Raphael then uses the fish’s gall to miraculously heal Tobias’s father Tobit of blindness.
