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| Keywords: Denys van Alsloot - Landscape with Tobias and the Angel - Walters 37350.jpg attributed to The archangel Raphael was sent to guide the young Tobias on his travels to complete a transaction for his father as recounted in the Catholic Old Testament Book of Tobit One of the supernatural wonders that occurred before they returned home involved the fish that Tobias carries here Following instructions from his companion whose wings he cannot see Tobias will later burn its liver in rescuing his betrothed from the devil Once home he will use the fish's gall to heal his father Tobit's blindness The figures give this romantic landscape the high moral purpose associated with biblical subjects The painting may be a collaboration of two court painters Denis van Alsloot a landscapist and Hendrick de Clerck a figure painter between 1573 1630 Baroque oil on panel cm 40 111 8 accession number 37 350 6280 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Brussels Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Denis van Alsloot Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Tobias and the Angel | ||||
