Identification title(s): tobias and the angel catch the fish in the tigris. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1982-26. Catalog reference: new hollstein dutch 4. Hollstein dutch 5. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 2228 collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 2760. Description: in a vast hilly landscape with trees and houses, tobias catches the fish in the tigris river, which he will cut open on the advice of the archangel raphael and save the heart, liver and bile to later heal tobit and drive out evil spirits. In the foreground on the left, tobias and the angel sit like small figures on the left bank of the river, while tobias catches the fish. In the front right, on the right bank, they continue their way in the company of the dog. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: hendrick hondius (i) (mentioned on object), after a design by: aegidius van saen (mentioned on object), publisher: hendrick hondius (i) (mentioned on object), grantor of privilege: unknown (mentioned on object), dedicated to: frederik hendrik (prince of orange) (mentioned on object) commissioned by: hendrick hondius (i) (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: the hague. Date: 1600. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 208 mm × w 286 mm explanation approx. In 1600 hondius engraved several prints after de saen (new. Hollst. 4, 17, 26, 51). In new. Hollst. It is suggested that these prints, although not numbered, form a series. Subject: what: tobias captures the fish and pulls it on the land. Tobias and the angel raphael continue their journey; usually tobias carrying the fishlandscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone). Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1982. Date: 1600.
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