DrawingsItalian17th century

Tobias Healing His Father’s Blindness

17th century

Artists

Domenico Piola the ElderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.6 × 41.9 cm (11 1/4 × 16 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Lane Collection? [1] Victor Winthrop Newman (Lugt 2540), possibly sold [through Anderson Galleries, New York, February 2-3, 1920, as lot 242 "Tobias Healing his Father" by Poussin]. [2] [Nissman, Abromson LTD., Brookline], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021 Notes [1] This information is from the Anderson Galleries sale [2] The work has the same dimensions and description in the exhibition catalogue.

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