Arent de Gelder 1645 – 1727
Edna entrusts Tobias with Sara
oil on canvas (113 × 154 cm) — c. 1690
private collection
This work is linked to Tobit 10:12
Art and the Bible - Tobit 10 - Apocrypha
Tobit 10 1 Now Tobit his father counted every day: and when the days of the journey were expired, and they came not, 2 Then Tobit said, Are they detained? or is Gabael dead, and there is no man to give him the money? 3 Therefore he was very sorry. 4 Then
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Edna holds the hands of her daughter Sara and of Tobias, her new husband. It appears that she blesses their marriage. Her husband Raguel seems surprised.
From left to right: Raguel, Sarah, Edna and Tobias. The women are dressed in the style of the 1690's in western Europe, but the men wear oriental gowns and turbans.
The painting is in the Leiden Collection.
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