Tobias and the Angel
The Small Tobias; Tobias holding a fish and a stout walking stick, accompanied by the Archangel Raphael holding his arm, crossing a river on stepping stones from right to left; a copy in reverse after Goudt who engraved after Elsheimer.
Artwork Details
- Title: Tobias and the Angel
- Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Artist: After Hendrick Goudt (Dutch, The Hague 1583–1648 Utrecht)
- Artist: After Adam Elsheimer (German, Frankfurt 1578–1610 Rome)
- Date: 1644–52
- Medium: Etching; third state of three
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 in. × 7 1/4 in. (12.7 × 18.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
- Object Number: 17.50.17-373
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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