Landscape with Tobias and the Archangel Raphael

Denis van Alsloot painted Landscape with Tobias and the Archangel Raphael in 1610 as an oil work on panel. The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp holds the piece within its Vlaamse Kunstcollectie, reflecting its accepted place in the museum’s collection of Flemish art. No record of a specific commission survives, but the work’s dating derives from its documented inception in 1610 and its stylistic alignment with van Alsloot’s mature period.

The painting entered the museum’s holdings as part of the institution’s permanent collection, ensuring continuous public access. Its provenance is anchored in the museum’s cataloging, which records the work as part of the Vlaamse Kunstcollectie since its acquisition.

The painting is housed in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, where it is part of the Flemish Art Collection. It bears the inventory number KMSKA 1987.0.1. The work has been exhibited in the museum’s permanent display of Flemish landscape and religious painting, and was featured in the 2015 exhibition "Early Netherlandish Landscapes" at the same institution.

Denis van Alsloot painted Landscape with Tobias and the Archangel Raphael in 1610 as an oil work on panel measuring 99.2 cm by 132.3 cm. The composition depicts the biblical scene of Tobias and the Angel Raphael, reflecting Counter-Reformation themes of divine guidance. It belongs to the landscape genre but incorporates religious narrative, characteristic of early 17th-century Flemish painting. The work is part of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp's collection, listed in its catalogue raisonné as KMSKA, and is recognized in scholarly studies of van Alsloot's output as representative of the period's synthesis of naturalistic landscape and devotional subject matter.

Created in 1610, this oil painting by Denis van Alsloot presents a wooded landscape populated by the biblical pair Tobias and the Archangel Raphael. The composition combines a winding forest path, a flowing river, and a distant hilltop castle, all rendered in the Flemish Baroque style that emphasizes natural detail and dramatic lighting.