Sujet

Madonna and Child (Obverse) and Tobias with Archangel Raphael (Reverse), c1460. Creator: Benozzo Gozzoli.

Légende

Madonna and Child (Obverse) and Tobias with Archangel Raphael (Reverse), c1460. The Virgin Mary is depicted against the background of a brick garden wall, from behind which cypresses, palm trees and orange trees are visible, which is probably an allusion to the 'closed garden' (hortus conclusus), a symbol of Mary's virginity and the Immaculate Conception. On the reverse, the Archangel Raphael leads Tobias by the hand, who is carrying a fish caught in the Tigris River. Tobias was sent to the city of Raga in Media to collect an old debt. On the way, he met a beautiful young man, on whose order he caught a fish in the river. This young man turned out to be the Archangel Raphael, and the bile extracted from the fish's entrails restored the sight of his blind old father. This story is recorded in the Book of Tobit in the Old Testament. The painting features the Latin text of a prayer to the Archangel Raphael, the patron saint of wanderers, which confirms that the painting had a 'protective' function.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A45_186

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,3Mo (5,1Mo) / 33,9cm x 21,7cm / 4000 x 2563 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation nature Europe Latin portrait tree Italy Italian female women woman people child children historical religious wall walls landscape Tuscany garden plant plants painting infant baby babies country religion frame frames virgin fishing ship ships continent museum cypress palm tree European palm trees color palms cypresses cypress tree cypress trees Poland scene deck Christian Christianity infancy Florence polish Christ devotion prayer angel saint Santa Jesus Jesus Christ Renaissance text depiction location century mary Virgin Mary gesturing National Museum Bible brick wall Biblical orange tree concept halo exhibition exhibit halos plank Florentine santo hand gesture lettering framed reverse blessing Colour on deck New Testament votive life of Christ Old Testament devotional water transport raphael orange trees Madonna Immaculate Conception haloes Madonna and child Virgin and Child culture history historic trees 15th century archangel benediction diptych distemper fifteenth century St Mary tempera TGN Tobias Tobit votive offering Virgin Mary Jesus Christ Mary obverse votive picture Madonna on board garden wall Christ Jesus Jesus Virgin Saint Mary Virgin Mother Mother of God The Virgin Mary Stella Maris St Mary Benozzo Gozzoli Chri biblical character Gozzoli Benozzo Mother and Child Book of Tobit Archangel Raphael tempera on wood 1460s Painting Heritage Art double-sided votive painting double portrait Benozzo di Lese di Sandro tempera two-sided Our Lady of Refuge Infant Jesus Our Lady of Mariazell Notre Dame du Folgoet Our Lady of Folgoet Virgin Mary with baby Jesus Divine Infant Jesus of Nazareth Arecaceae National Museum in Krakow distemper Princes Czartoryski Museum plank (wood) MNK National Museum in Kraków