Tobias and the Angel (Verrocchio)

Tobias and the Angel
ArtistAndrea del Verrocchio
Year1470–1480
TypeEgg tempera on poplar
Dimensions83.6 cm × 66 cm (32.9 in × 26 in)
LocationNational Gallery, London

Tobias and the Angel is a painting in egg tempera on poplar panel, finished around 1470–1475, measuring 83.6 × 66 cm.[1] It is painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea del Verrocchio.[2] It is now in the National Gallery, London. This painting is similar to an earlier painting depicting Tobias and the Angel, by Piero and Antonio del Pollaiuolo.[3] Tobias and the Angel was a popular subject in Florence at the time.

Various art historians have suggested that the young Leonardo da Vinci, who was a member of Verrocchio's studio, may have painted some part of this work,[4] most likely the fish,[5] or the dog, supported by David Alan Brown, of the National Gallery, Washington. If so, this would be perhaps the first extant example of a painting with input by Leonardo.[6]

  • Possibly attributed to the young Leonardo da Vinci:
  • The fish
    The fish
  • The dog
    The dog
  1. ^ "Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio | Tobias and the Angel | NG781 | The National Gallery, London". The National Gallery. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ Wilson, Michael (1977). The National Gallery, London. London: Orbis Publishing Limited. p. 42. ISBN 0-85613-314-0.
  3. ^ Brown, David Allan (1998). Leonardo da Vinci: Origins of a Genius-David Alan Brown- Google Books. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 47–50. ISBN 0-300-07246-5.
  4. ^ Davies, Martin, The Earlier Italian Schools, National Gallery Catalogues, 556-557, 1961, reprinted 1986, ISBN 0901791296. Suida in 1954 was apparently the first, covering both dog and fish.
  5. ^ Kemp, Martin (2011). Leonardo: Revised Edition-Martin Kemp-Google Books. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-19-958335-5. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  6. ^ Brown, David Allan (1998). Leonardo da Vinci: Originss of a Genius-David Alan Brown- Google Books. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 47–56. ISBN 0-300-07246-5.