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The Archangel Raphael is the hero of the Book of Tobit, which is part of the Roman Catholic Bible. Tobit sent his son Tobias on a long journey, and Raphael was sent by God to accompany the boy. Tobias holds a freshly caught and gutted fish; Raphael had instructed him to keep its heart, liver and gall as they could be used as ointment to cure blindness and burnt to drive away evil spirits. The archangel holds the precious organs in a little box.
The pair were joined in their travels by Tobias’s dog. We can only see its head here at the bottom of the panel, as the lower edge – like that of the other panels – was cut down in the eighteenth century.
Title
The Archangel Raphael with Tobias
Date
about 1496-1500
Medium
Oil with some egg tempera on poplar
Measurements
H 113.3 x W 56.5 cm
Accession number
NG288.3
Acquisition method
Bought, 1856
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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