A painting on metal showing Tobias with an angel; on the right a view of the landscape, beyond a large rock in the foreground. According to the story in the Book of Tobit (5.5-6) Tobit's son Tobias meets an angel without realising he is an angel. The angel tells Tobias what to do with a giant fish that Tobias has caught (Book of Tobit, 6.2-9).
Title supplied by curator., From: Biblia, Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1483., Appeared earlier in the Low German Bible published by Quentell in Cologne, ca. 1478., Tobias is depicted curing his father, Tobit, of blindness., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Anton Koberger
Subject (Topic):
Blindness in the Bible, Birds, Angels, Miracles, Family members, and Blind persons
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in loss of design., and On page numbered 45 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
