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LIPPI, Filippino: Tobias and the Angel

🖼 Tobias and the Angel, 1475-80
Oil and tempera on poplar panel
33 × 24 cm
Washington, United States

Soft light bathes two figures on a luminous landscape—young Tobias and his celestial guide rendered in delicate tempera with ethereal grace. This intimate devotional scene epitomizes Florentine Renaissance spirituality, blending biblical narrative with humanistic tenderness to inspire personal prayer and faith.

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E. H. Gombrich
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