The Guardian Angel
after Domenico Zampieri Domenichino (Bologna 1581 - Naples 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 635 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 987429
Caption
As told in the apochryphal Book of Tobit, Tobias goes on a journey from Nineveh to Media, to collect money at the behest of his blind father who was fearful of his own imminent death. He is accompanied by the archangel Raphael (who, according to the story, did not actually reveal himself as such until the end of the journey). He catches a fish in the River Tigris whose entrails cure his future wife’s madness as well as Tobit’s blindness.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Guardian Angel, after Domenico Zampieri Domenichino (Bologna 1581 - Naples 1641), 19th century. The original by Domenichino is in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples.
Makers and roles
after Domenico Zampieri Domenichino (Bologna 1581 - Naples 1641), artist