Tobit is cured of his blindness. Etching after G. Zocchi.

  • Zocchi, Giuseppe, 1711-1767.
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1700-1799
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16385i
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Tobit is cured of his blindness. Etching after G. Zocchi. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced August 2023 : Tobias rubbing 'fish-gall' ointment on his father's eyes (Tobit) as instructed by the archangel, Raphael, to restore his eyesight, while his mother and dog look on. Line engraving after Rembrandt (?).

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Tobias' faithful dog is in the bottom-left hand corner

Bible, Apocrypha, Tobit 6-11. The angel had informed Tobias that smoke from cooking a piece of the heart of the fish will cure demoniac possession, while the gall applied to the eyes will cure cataract (Tobit c. VI, vv. 8-9). Tobias, guided by the archangel Raphael, applies the gall to the eyes of his father Tobit, whose sight is restored, while Tobias's mother Anna and a dog look on

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1700-1799

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1 print : etching, with engraving

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Tunc sumens Tobia de felle piscis linivit occulos patris sui. Statimque visum recepit. Et glorificabant Deum. Tob. Cap. XI. vers. 13

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Wellcome Collection 16385i

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The same composition by Giuseppe Zocchi was engraved by Joseph Wagner in Venice, but with different lettering

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  • impression trimmed to oval and to lettering "Tobia de felle piscis liniuit"

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