Tobit’s Death

Tobit died when he was a hundred and twelve years old. He was buried in Nineveh. Before he died he urged his son to go to Media with all his family and possessions because he believed Nineveh and Nahum of Assyria and Babylon would be destroyed. A census would be taken of the Jews living in Israel and the Jews would be exiled. Israel, Samaria and Jerusalem would become a desert. The Temple would be laid waste and burnt. Afterwards the people would come back and rebuild the Temple, but that was long off. When his mother died, Tobias buried her next to his father. Then he left for Media with his wife and children to live in Ecbatana with Raquel, his father-in-law. He inherited from Raquel when his father-in-law died.

Tobias saw the ruin of Nineveh. The town was destroyed and its people deported by Cyaxares, king of Media, as Tobit had predicted.

Other paintings:

Tobias and the Angel
Andrea del Verrochio (1435-1488). ). The National Gallery – London.
Tobias and the Angel
Karel Dujardin (1622-1678). Szépmúvészeti Múzeum – Budapest.
Tobias and the Angel
Pieter Pietersz Lastman (1583-1633). Szépmúvészeti Múzeum – Budapest.
Landscape with Tobias and the Angel
Paul Bril (1554-1626). Pinacoteca Ambrosiana – Milan.
Tobias and the Angel
Matthias Stom (c.1600-c.1650). Museum Bredius – The Hague.
Tobias and the Angel
Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois (1756-1811). Dulwich Picture Gallery. Dulwich (London).
Landscape with Tobias and the Angel
Marco Ricci (1676-1730). The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art – Sarasota. Ca. 1715.
Landscape with Tobias and the Angel
Salvator Rosa (1615-1676). Musée des Beaux-Arts, Palais Rohan. Strasbourg. Ca. 1670.
Tobias and the Angel
Francesco Maffei (1600-1638). Church of SS. Apostoli – Venice.
Tobias and the Angel
Giuseppe Zais (1709-1781). Galleria dell’Accademia. Venice.
Tobias and the Angel
Pier Francesco Foschi (1502-1567). Galleria Borghese. Rome. Ca. 1545.
Tobias and the Angel
Raffaellino Motta called Raffaellino da Reggio (1550-1578). Galleria Borghese. Rome. 1570s.
Tobias and the Angel
Lorenzo de Ferrari (1680-1744). Palazzo Bianco. Genua. Ca. 1715.
Landscape with Tobias and the Angel
Eglon Hendrik van der Neer (1634-1703). Alte Pinakothek. Munich.
Tobias and the Archangel Raphael
Antonio Pollaiuolo (1431-1498) and Piero Pollaiuolo (1441-1496). Galleria Sabauda. Turin. Ca. 1470.
Tobias with the three Archangels (Michael, Raphael, Gabriel)
Filippino Lippi (1457-1504). Galleria Sabauda. Turin.
Tobit’s Wife and the Kid
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669). Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Berlin. 1645.
The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah
Nicolas Knupfer (1603-1655). Centraal museum. Utrecht. 1654.
Tobias and Sarah
Pieter Lastman (1583-1633). Museum of Fine Arts. Boston.
The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah
Jan Steen (1626-1676). Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Gemäldegalerie. Braunschweig.
The Healing of Tobias
Follower of Caravaggio. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Berlin. Ca. 1615-1620.
The Return of the young Tobias
Etienne Lavallée-Poussin (1733-1795). Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. Rouen.
The Angel departing from Tobias and his Family
Jan Victors (ca. 1620-after 1670). Alte Pinakothek. Munich. 1651.
Holy Family with Saint John, Tobias and the Archangel Raphael
Bonifacio Veronese (Bonifacio de Pitati) (c.1487-1559). Pinacoteca Ambrosiana – Milan. 1520s.
Tobias and the Archangel Raphael
Francesco Botticini (1446-1497). Accademia Carrara. Bergamo.

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