Der Engel verlässt die Familie des Tobias,

1651

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

163,3 x 206,5 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal IX

Department

Holländische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

1031

Acquisition

Aus dem Nachlass König Max I. Joseph

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Jan Victors, Der Engel verlässt die Familie des Tobias, 1651, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/2mxqBXkL8b (Last updated on 28.08.2023)

Influenced by Rembrandt, Victors devoted himself almost exclusively to history painting, working on large-format scenes from the Old Testament. Here, he has chosen the final scene in the Book of Tobit. Tobit’s son, Tobias, has just returned from a dangerous journey on which he was accompanied by a man who offered him protection, procured a wife for him and, finally, cured Tobias’s father of his blindness. Victors depicts the moment when the companion reveals that he is the Archangel Raphael before taking leave of Tobias’s family.