The angel, holding a jar of fish bile, guides Tobit to his father. Etching by A. Zucchi, c. 1720, after S. Manaigo after Titian.

Bible. Apocrypha. Tobit 6. The blind Tobit prays on the left. The dog is presented as a faithful companion (5.16), unusually for the Bible

The angel informs Tobias that the liver and heart of the fish will cure demoniac possession, while the gall will cure blindness. The fish had threatened to swallow Tobias (Tobit 6.2), but the writer tells us only that it was "a large fish"

Venice : Appo T. Viero

1 print : etching with stipple ; platemark 48.6 x 32.5 cm

L'angelo Raffaelo con Tobia. Opera di Tiziano nella Chiesa di S. Marziale, detto Marciliano. Silvestro Manaigo delineo. Andrea Zucchi sculp.

Wellcome Collection 20898i