Tobias and the angel, after 1606

Title

Tobias and the angel

Draughtsman

• Willem Pietersz. Buytewech

Period Produced

• 17th century
• 16th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a painting

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten rechts mit der Feder in Braun: WBF [ligiert]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): WBF [ligiert]
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Krone mit Lilie, darunter ein Buchstabe

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
• Raphael (archangel)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Tobit

Primary

• 71T75 Anna sees Tobias and the angel coming, and informs Tobit

Secondary

• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture
• 25HH155 fringe, edge of the wood - HH - ideal landscapes
• 41A34 staircase

Historic Attribution

• Pieter Bruegel the Elder draughtsman