# Tobias in the House of Edna and Raguel [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GELDER, Aert de]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 113 x 154 cm ## Commentary Tobias in the House of Edna and Raguel c. 1690 Oil on canvas, 113 x 154 cm The Leiden Collection, New York The painter treats here a scene from the Book of Tobit, which is considered apocryphal by Protestant. While Rembrandt and other contemporary painters most often chose to represent the blindness of Tobit or his son Tobias guided by the archangel Raphael, De Gelder depicts the episode of the wedding of Sarah and Tobias. The scene shows the young couple in the house of Sarah's parents, WEdna and Raguel. It is interesting to note that Tobias looks too young to wed. ## Related artworks - [Ahimelech Giving the Sword of Goliath to David]() - [Esther and Mordecai]() - [Old Testament Scene]() - [Portrait of a Boy]() - [Portrait of Gérard de Lairesse]() - [Self-Portrait at an Easel Painting an Old Woman]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [The Jewish Bride \(Esther Bedecked\)]() - [Wandering Musician]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()