The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobias

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The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobias

Rembrandt van RijnLinkedCulture matchlcp-d6807541bb3d

Date
1641
Medium
Etching with touches of drypoint
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
55371

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With Tobias safely home, the debt retrieved, and Tobit's eyesight restored, Raphael's mission is complete. He finally reveals his identity as he departs in a freely sketched flurry of clouds and drapery. Endowed with spiritual perception, only Tobit—and his wife, Anna—witness his departure, which so startles Anna that she drops her cane. In the Bible, just father and son are present at the leave-taking, but Rembrandt assembled the entire household, displaying his fondness for down-to-earth domesticity. Also taking leave is Tobias's dog, said to be the only dog given a specific role in the Bible. Netherlands, Europe

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The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916

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