Tobias and the Angel | |
Artist: | Andrea del Verrocchio |
Year: | 1470–1480 |
Type: | Egg tempera on poplar |
Height Metric: | 83.6 |
Width Metric: | 66 |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
Museum: | National Gallery, London |
Tobias and the Angel is a painting in egg tempera on poplar panel, finished around 1470–1475, measuring 83.6 × 66 cm.[1] It is painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea del Verrocchio.[2] It is now in the National Gallery, London. This painting is similar to an earlier painting depicting Tobias and the Angel, by Piero and Antonio del Pollaiuolo.[3] Tobias and the Angel was a popular subject in Florence at the time.
Various art historians have suggested that the young Leonardo da Vinci, who was a member of Verrocchio's studio, may have painted some part of this work,[4] most likely the fish,[5] or the dog, supported by David Alan Brown, of the National Gallery, Washington. If so, this would be perhaps the first extant example of a painting with input by Leonardo.[6]