About This Artwork

Cavaliere Pietro Tempesta (Pieter Mulier)
Dutch, c. 1637-1701

Tobias and the Angel, after 1684

Oil on canvas
77 1/2 x 97 3/4 in. (196.9 x 248.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Silvio del Chicca, 1974.12

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Marcel Roethlisberger-Bianco, Cavaliere Pietro Tempesta and his Time, Newark, Delaware, 1970, p. 117, no. 338, fig. 338.

Ownership History

Florentine dealer or private collection, 1948 [according to Roethlisberger Bianco 1970, p. 117, no. 338]; bought by Silvio del Chicca, Chicago, 1948; given to the Art Institute, 1974.