Tobias with the Angel Dragging the Fish (The Large Tobias) / Hendrik Goudt / After Adam Elsheimer
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1972/1.165
- Title
- Tobias with the Angel Dragging the Fish (The Large Tobias)
- Artist
- Hendrik Goudt
- Artist Nationality
- Dutch
- Artist Life Dates
- 1585-1630
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1613
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Netherlands (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Netherlands (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Dimensions
- 19.7 cm x 25.4 cm (7 3/4 in. x 10 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Type
- etching and engraving
- Physical Description
- This black and white print shows an outdoor scene with lush leafy trees, open sky and mountains in the far distance. Two figures are walking along a wooded path in the foreground- one is a man with wings wearing robed garments and the other a younger man carrying a single large fish. There is a city shown in the middle distance through the trees and a pasture scene depicted on the right.
- Subject Matter
- As with most the Goudt's prints, this composition is based on a painting by Adam Elsheimer, a German painter and friend of Goudt's whom he knew when both were residing in Rome. This scene is based on the Old Testament story of Tobias who, accompanied by the angel Raphael, brings home a fish whose gall cures the blindness of his father, Tobit.
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
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- animals and creatures
- bible
- geography
- legendary creatures
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- plants
- religion
- subject matter
- the natural world
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- visual works by subject type
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1115 x 869
- File Size
- 116 KB
- Record
- 1972/1.165
- Link to this Item
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"Tobias with the Angel Dragging the Fish (The Large Tobias); Hendrik Goudt; After Adam Elsheimer." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-1.165/1972_1.165.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 05, 2024.