The Healing of Tobit
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
unframed: 42.7 × 65.5 cm · framed: 57.2 × 80 × 10.2 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accession Number
1993.5
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
This scene is the moving conclusion of the story of Tobias, the young man at the right. It addresses the themes of family devotion and trust. Tobias’s father sent him on a long journey to retrieve family money. The angel Raphael appeared as a relative, offering the traveler protection against such things as an attack by a huge fish, whose organs Tobias took on Raphael’s advice. Upon his return home, Tobias discovers his father has gone blind, and Raphael advises him to place the fish’s gallbladd...