Tobias with the Angel Dragging the Fish (The Large Tobias) / Hendrik Goudt / After Adam Elsheimer

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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
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
Print
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.
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1115 x 869
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Record
1972/1.165
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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 March 18, 2024.
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