Tobit is cured of his blindness. Etching after G. Zocchi.

Previous title, replaced August 2023 : Tobias rubbing 'fish-gall' ointment on his father's eyes (Tobit) as instructed by the archangel, Raphael, to restore his eyesight, while his mother and dog look on. Line engraving after Rembrandt (?).

Tobias' faithful dog is in the bottom-left hand corner

Bible, Apocrypha, Tobit 6-11. The angel had informed Tobias that smoke from cooking a piece of the heart of the fish will cure demoniac possession, while the gall applied to the eyes will cure cataract (Tobit c. VI, vv. 8-9). Tobias, guided by the archangel Raphael, applies the gall to the eyes of his father Tobit, whose sight is restored, while Tobias's mother Anna and a dog look on

1700-1799

1 print : etching, with engraving

Tunc sumens Tobia de felle piscis linivit occulos patris sui. Statimque visum recepit. Et glorificabant Deum. Tob. Cap. XI. vers. 13

The same composition by Giuseppe Zocchi was engraved by Joseph Wagner in Venice, but with different lettering

Wellcome Collection 16385i