Raphael conducting Tobias

Raphael conducting Tobias

Camillo Tinti

1750

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print shows a robed figure holding a staff, leading a barefoot child through a wooded landscape. The adult’s face is calm, while the child looks down, clutching a small bag. Trees and bushes fill the background, with light falling softly on the figures. The artist signed it as *C. Tinti*, and the scene looks like a quiet moment from a story. The way light and shadow separate the figures is very precise. Look up chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and dark like this.

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