The small arched altarpiece was made between 1572 and 1573 on commission by Andrea Verzoni and Francesco Guizzelmi, governors of the company of the Archangel Raphael, for an altar in the oratory of the same company. The work belongs to one of the happiest moments of Poppi's activity and documents his ability to blend Andrea del Sarto's suggestions into a completely personal synthesis (look at Tobiolo's sleeves and the puff of the Archangel's robe) , from Pontormo (Tobiolo's penetrating gaze and taste for iridescence) and from Rosso (the head of the Archangel and the hair of both).