Landscape with Tobias and the Angel (Rosa)

Although principally a landscape painting, it elevates its status to a history painting by including the small figures of Tobias and the Angel, a Christian subject from the Book of Tobit, with the fish from the river Tigris.[2] Landscape with Tobias and the Angel was painted in Rome, after the artist's 1662 journey to Venice.The large Strasbourg painting (of which three replicas exist, one of which is now in the National Gallery, and another in the Wadsworth Atheneum) has been much praised for its expressiveness and its virtuosity since the 18th century.It was bought by Wilhelm von Bode in London in 1890; its previous history can be traced back to 1777, when it was bought at a Parisian auction by Louis-Antoine de Rohan-Chabot [fr] of the House of Rohan-Chabot.[1][3] The depicted landscape is imaginary but probably inspired by the Phlegraean Fields of Rosa's Neapolitan home province, although some art historians have interpreted it as the Tiber Valley near Monte Soratte.
Salvator Rosaoil paintingcanvasMovementBaroque paintingLandscape paintingHistory paintingTobias and the AngelMusée des Beaux-ArtsStrasbourgBaroqueSouthern ItalianChristian subjectBook of TobitTigrisNational GalleryWadsworth AtheneumWilhelm von BodeParisianauctionHouse of Rohan-ChabotPhlegraean FieldsNeapolitanTiber ValleyMonte SoratteDorotheumPhilosophyTorture of PrometheusSelf-PortraitHuman FragilityAllegory of FortuneThe Dream of AeneasCatarina or La Fille du BanditJules PerrotCesare PugniAntônio Carlos Gomes