The angel encourages Tobias to seize the large fish. Engraving by A.W. Graham, c. 1850, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

  • Domenichino, 1581-1641.
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20893i
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Description

Bible. Apocrypha. Tobit 6. The angel informs Tobias that the liver and heart of the fish will cure demoniac possession, while the gall will cure blindness. The fish had threatened to swallow Tobias (Tobit 6.2), but the writer tells us only that it was "a large fish"

Physical description

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 18 x 12.8 cm

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Tobit and the angel. From the original picture by Domenichino, in the National Gallery. Engraved by A.W. Graham

Reference

Wellcome Collection 20893i

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