Old Testament subjects
Old Testament subjects
AGOSTINO CARRACCI (BOLOGNA
1557-PARMA 1602)
Tobias and the angel
dated 1581Engraving | 38.9 x 27.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850233
An engraving by Agostino Carracci after a composition by Raffaelino da Reggio depicting Tobias and the angel. This print is signed and dated by the printmaker with the attribution of the drawing to Raphael.
Raffaellino da Reggio executed a painting of the same subject, now in the Borghese Gallery, Rome; two preparatory drawings for this painting are known: one formerly in the Gabinetto delle Stampe, Milan and the other in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. 2014F). See Bibliographic References for further information.
Creator(s)
Agostino Carracci (Bologna
1557-Parma 1602) (engraver)After Raffaellino da Reggio (1550-1578) (artist)
38.9 x 27.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
