Tobias and the Angel
Appearance
Tobias and the Angel is the title given to paintings and other artworks depicting a scene in which Tobias, son of Tobit, meets an angel without realising he is an angel (Book of Tobit, 5.5-6) and is then instructed by the angel what to do with a giant fish he catches (Book of Tobit, 6.2-9), including:
Paintings
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Tobias and the Angel (Verrocchio), painting
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Tobias and the Angel (Filippino Lippi), painting
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Three Angels and Young Tobias, painting, by Filippino Lippi
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Tobias and the Angel, print by Wenzel Hollar
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Landscape with Tobias and the Angel, Denis van Alsloot and Hendrik de Clerck
- Certosa di Pavia Altarpiece, by Perugino (c. 1496-1500)
- "Tobias and the Angel", print by Hercules Seghers
- "Tobias and the Angel", 1875 painting by Evelyn De Morgan
- "Tobit with the Angel", Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Literature/Theatre
- Tobias and the Angel (1930), a play by James Bridie (1888–1951)
- Tobias and the Angel (opera) (1999), a community opera
- Tobias and the Angel, 1975 novel by Frank Yerby
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