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Red Cloud
Portrait of Charles II of Savoy known as the Good
Lamentation over the dead Christ
Madonna and Child
The children of Charles I of England
Madonna and Child with Six Saints
The archangel Gabriel and Tobias
Bas-relief with a garland of flowers and fruit
Madonna and Child
The three archangels and Tobias
the return of the prodigal son
Portrait of a Gentlewoman
Madonna and Child
Trinity
Stigmata of St. Francis
The vanity of human life
Portrait of an Old Man
Annunciation
Venus
Bust of Minerva
Bust - manly portrait
Psykter di Euthymides
Plate decorated with ribbons and nets
Canteen bowl
Ingot Blade Kit
Landscape relief known as of Polyphemus and Galatea
Colombine ointment
Signpost
Fibulae with disc bracket
Portrait of Carlo Emanuele I of Savoy
Madona with Child
Story of Aeneas and Dido
The family of Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia
Holy family with San Giovannino
The Sacra di San Michele
The thirst suffered by the first crusaders under Jerusalem
Table tureen
Rotisserie
Coffee cup
Kanjar (pug)
Japanese armor of the Do-Maru type
Parade plaque of Henry II of France
Corsaletto
Horse headboard
Portrait of a young girl
Self portrait
Male head
Naked young man next to an old oriental dress
Young man study
Pisces album
Fish album
Fish album
Bird album
Flower album

The archangel Gabriel and Tobias

Piero Benci, detto il Pollaiolo

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The subject of the painting is taken from the Book of Tobias, in the Old Testament. The young Tobiolo is sent by his poor and blind father to recover some money in a distant place. Accompanying him, in addition to the faithful dog, is the incognito archangel Raphael, a real guardian angel. Behind his advice the big fish is killed that will provide the gall to cure Tobiolo's father from blindness. The theme was particularly dear to the Florentine merchants of the fifteenth century, who often sent their children when they were still teenagers on business trips to be understood also as initiation tests. The panel comes from Florence, where it was located in the church of Orsanmichele. It was painted around 1465-1470 by Piero del Pollaiolo, renowned painter brother of the more famous Antonio. On a river landscape that recedes as far as the eye can see, the imposing figures of the protagonists stand out in the foreground, elegant in their movements and even more in their clothing: the ancient one of the archangel, according to the richest fashion of the time that of Tobiolo. Pollaiolo stands out here for the energetic line of the design and for the ability to realistically render the materiality of the surfaces, from the precious fabrics to the marvelous wings that reveal the divine nature of Raffaele.
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Title: The archangel Gabriel and Tobias

Author: Piero Benci, detto il Pollaiolo

Date: 1465 - 1470

Technique: Tempera and oil on panel

Displayed in: Royal Museums Turin

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