1625
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Healing of Tobit is a 1625 unspecified by Bernardo Strozzi, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a scene with several people, including a young man and an older man who is blind. The story behind this painting is interesting - it's about a young man named Tobias who goes on a journey and returns home to find his father blind. To learn more about the use of light and dark in this painting, look up the technique: chiaroscuro.
This scene is the moving conclusion of the story of Tobias, the young man at the right. It addresses the themes of family devotion and trust. Tobias’s father sent him on a long journey to retrieve family money. The angel Raphael appeared as a relative, offering the traveler protection against such things as an attack by a huge fish, whose organs Tobias took on Raphael’s advice. Upon his return home, Tobias discovers his father has gone blind, and Raphael advises him to place the fish’s gallbladder on his father’s eyes to cure him. Strozzi depicts the miraculous cure and the moment in which…
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Bernardo Strozzi, named il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 – 2 August 1644), was an Italian Baroque artist who was a painter and engraver. A canvas and fresco artist, his wide subject range included history,…
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