Tobias with the fish

Title

Tobias with the fish

Draughtsman

• C. H. Savelbergen

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet rechts: S.494; unten rechts: Savelberg C.H. B.J.G. [?] / No.183
Unten mittig Stempel der Sammlung Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig (Lugt 1391); verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Tobias

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Tobit 6

Primary

• 71T551 a large fish appears while Tobias is washing his feet; he is frightened

Historic Attribution

• Netherlandish, 17th century draughtsman