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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn: The Healing of Tobit

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669

The Healing of Tobit

drawing with pen and brush (16 × 16 cm) — ca. 1640
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography

This work is linked to Tobit 11:10

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Tobias cures his father's eyes with the gall of a fish. An angel looks on. Tobit's wife sits at the table.

Rembrandt used this episode in four drawings and one painting.

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