In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
This scene is the moving conclusion of the story of Tobias, the young man at the right. It addresses the themes of family devotion and trust. Tobias’s father sent him on a long journey to retrieve family money. The angel Raphael appeared as a relative, offering the traveler protection against such things as an attack by a huge fish, whose organs Tobias took on Raphael’s advice. Upon his return home, Tobias discovers his father has gone blind, and Raphael advises him to place the fish’s gallbladder on his father’s eyes to cure him. Strozzi depicts the miraculous cure and the moment in which Raphael reveals that he is an angel.
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Bernardo Strozzi — Tobias Curing His Father's Blindness
Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793) — The Angels Appearing
Giovanni Lanfranco — The Prophet Elijah Awakened in the Dese
Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793) — Abraham Welcoming th
Luca Giordano — De heilige Alexis
Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591–1652) — Saint Jerome
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo — The Sacrifice of Isaac
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini — The Flight of Lot
Giovanni Battista Langetti (Italian, 1635–1676) — The Vision
Pieter Lastman — The Sacrifice of Abraham
Caravaggio — The Vision of Saint Jerome
Jan Lievens — Samson and Delilah
