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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn: Tobit and Anna with the Goat (c. 1645)

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669

Tobit and Anna with the Goat (c. 1645)

pen drawing (15 × 19 cm) — c. 1645
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography

This work is linked to Tobit 2:14

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Blind Tobit hears his wife Anna come home with a bleating young goat - payment for the work she has done. Tobit however, thinks the goat is stolen goods and summons Anna to return it to its owner. Anna thinks Tobit has lost it, and is very sharp with him.

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