<![CDATA[Blanton Museum of Art Collections]]> http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/browse?tags=323.1999&output=rss2 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:43:29 -0500 koven.smith@blantonmuseum.org (Blanton Museum of Art Collections) Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Landscape with Tobias and the Angel]]> http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2812

Dublin Core

Creator

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)

Title

Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

Date Created

circa 1616-1617

Spatial Coverage

31 cm x 40.5 cm (12 3/16 in. x 15 15/16 in.)

Identifier

323.1999

Medium

Oil on copper

Description

Archangel Raphael points to a great fish located at the painting’s bottom edge and instructs a surprised, bathing Tobias to seize it. Tobias, the son of the title character in the Book of Tobit, would later use the fish’s entrails to cure the blindness of his father and to dispel a demon tormenting his future wife, Sara. Guercino was a leading painter in the Bolognese school of the seventeenth century. He was known for his ability to communicate emotion through human gesture and expression. His talent for depicting contrasts in light also appears in the painting’s dark landscape lit by a setting sun, which echoes Tobias’ story of faith and revelation. This rare work is likely Guercino’s only landscape painting on copper to incorporate a religious narrative.

Rights Holder

The Suida-Manning Collection

Date

Cento, Italy, 1591 - 1666, Bologna, Italy

Type

painting

Has Version

http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/323.1999.zif

Requires

16179
http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/323.1999.tif
]]>
Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:01:51 -0600