Tobias and the Angel (after Allori and Rosi)
previously catalogued as after Cristofano Allori (Florence 1577 - Florence 1621)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1621 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
918 x 864 mm (36 1/8 x 34 in)
Place of origin
Florence
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1219981
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Tobias and the Angel, after a painting by Cristofano Allori (Florence 1577 - Florence 1621) which was finished by Zanobi Rosi (active 17th century), 17th or 18th century. The narrative on which this painting is based is taken from the book of Tobit in the Old Testament Apocrypha. Tobias on the right, and the Archangel Raphael on the left, are shown in a landscape. Raphael wears white, with a maroon cloak and yellow-and-gold robe, gesticulating to Tobias with his right hand, while holding Tobias' right hand in his left. Tobias wears a blue habit with a charcoal-grey cloak. In the narrative, Tobias was sent to collect some money that was owed to his father, and on the way was instructed by the Archangel Raphael to catch and gut a fish, whose gall could be used to heal his father of blindness. In this painting, Tobias is shown carrying the casket containing the fish's gall under his left arm.
Provenance
On loan to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009) 1980, then accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust 2013.
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection (accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013)
Marks and inscriptions
Makers and roles
previously catalogued as after Cristofano Allori (Florence 1577 - Florence 1621) , artist previously catalogued as attributed to Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Bologna 1665 - Bologna 1747), artist previously catalogued as school of Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Bologna 1665 - Bologna 1747), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Jacopo Vignali (Pratovecchio 1592 - Florence 1664), artist previously catalogued as after Zanobi Rosi (active 17th century), artist