# Curing of Tobias [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CAVALLINO, Bernardo]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 76 x 103 cm ## Commentary The story is recounted in the Book of Tobit. Tobias was sent by his father Tobit to Media to recover a sum of money he had hidden there earlier. Archangel Raphael, sent by God to help Tobit and his family, asked Tobit \(who did not recognize the angel\) whether he may escort his son on his journey and, in company with Tobias' faithful hound, they departed together. They reached the Tigris, where Tobias was attacked by a gigantic fish. The archangel ordered him to capture it and had him remove and conserve its gall, heart and liver. The innards proved to be a medicine which he can use to restore his father's sight. The painting was restored. ## Related artworks - [Clavichord Player]() - [Esther and Ahasuerus]() - [Lot and His Daughters]() - [Martyrdom of St Stephen]() - [Meeting of Anne and Joachim at the Golden Gate in Jerusalem \(detail\)]() - [Meeting of Anne and Joachim at the Golden Gate in Jerusalem]() - [St John the Evangelist]() - [St Peter and Cornelius the Centurion]() - [The Blessed Virgin]() - [The Death of St Joseph]() - [The Ecstasy of St Cecilia]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()