Tobit lies sleeping against a wall, Jan Baptist Weenix, 1642

As in a snapshot the painter jan baptist weenix records exactly the moment in which a bird poops on tobit's head. He just burried a man who was murdered on the street and being unclean as a result of that he has to sleep in a courtyard instead of indoors. The bird droppings would eventually lead to tobit's blindness. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: 1642. Place of creation: Amsterdam. Dimensions: height: 92.5 cm (36.4 in); width: 81.5 cm (32 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museum Catharijneconvent. Jan Baptist Weenix 002

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Author: Jan Baptist Weenix (1621–circa 1660)Source: commons.wikimedia.org

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