Archangel Raphael with Tobias
Artist
Biagio d'Antonio da Firenze
(Italian, 1446-1516)
Dateca. 1475
Object number62.0260
Mediumtempera on panel
Dimensions55 × 20 in. (139.7 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
Collections
On View
Not on viewDescriptionThe subject matter of this panel painting is taken from the Old Testament apocryphal book of Tobit. According to the story, God sent the angel Raphael to act as a guide and companion of Tobit's son, Tobias, who had been directed to retrieve some money for his father from a distant land. Pictures of this subject were very popular in Florence in the 15th century and may have been done as votive paintings to insure divine protection for travelers. The companion panel for this painting, featuring Saint Jerome in prayer, resides in Bowdoin College, Maine.
Source: "Paintings and Sculpture of the European and American Schools." Ponce, P.R: Museo de Arte de Ponce (Luis A. Ferré Foundation), 1984.
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