id:			157158
accession number:	1993.5
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The Healing of Tobit, c. 1625. Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581?-1644). Oil on wood; framed: 57.2 x 80 x 10.2 cm (22 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 4 in.); unframed: 42.7 x 65.5 cm (16 13/16 x 25 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1993.5

title:				The Healing of Tobit
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creation date:			c. 1625
creation date earliest:		1620
creation date latest:		1630
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	Italy, 17th century
technique:	oil on wood
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Italian 16th & 17th Century
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581?-1644)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 57.2 x 80 x 10.2 cm (22 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 4 in.); Unframed: 42.7 x 65.5 cm (16 13/16 x 25 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Bernardo Strozzi: Genova 1581/82-Venezia 1644
	opening date:   1995-05-06T04:00:00
	<i>Bernardo Strozzi: Genova 1581/82-Venezia 1644</i>. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (September 10-November 26, 1995).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Bernardo Strozzi.</em> The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (September 8 - November 30, 1995).

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PROVENANCE

	Angelo Costa, Genoa (by 1955);
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	(Harari & Johns, London, and Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
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wall description:
This scene is the moving conclusion of the story of Tobias, the young man at the right. It addresses the themes of family devotion and trust. Tobias’s father sent him on a long journey to retrieve family money. The angel Raphael appeared as a relative, offering the traveler protection against such things as an attack by a huge fish, whose organs Tobias took on Raphael’s advice. Upon his return home, Tobias discovers his father has gone blind, and Raphael advises him to place the fish’s gallbladder on his father’s eyes to cure him. Strozzi depicts the miraculous cure and the moment in which Raphael reveals that he is an angel.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Chong, Alan. "Bernardo Strozzi: The Healing of Tobit." <em>The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LXXX</em>, no. 4 (April, 1993):154-157.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 155, fig. 1, infra-red p. 156
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	"1993 Annual Report." <em>The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LXXXI</em>, no. 6 (June, 1994): 146-167.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 163
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	Spicer, Joaneath, Peter M. Lukehart, and Martha Lucy. <em>Bernardo Strozzi: Master Painter of the Italian Baroque (1581/2-1644)</em>. Baltimore, MD: Walters Art Gallery, 1995.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 30
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	Mortari, Luisa. <em>Bernardo Strozzi</em>. Roma, Italy: De Luca, 1995.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 179, pl. 442
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