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Tobit Becomes Blind
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Tobit Becomes Blind

Veit Rudolf Specklin · 1538 · houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Tobit sits in a chair by the fireplace when bird droppings fall from a nest hanging from the ceiling beams. This gets into his eyes and the man becomes blind. Next to Tobit stand his wife Anna and his son Tobias. Print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineTobit wordt blind. 1538. Veit Rudolf Specklin. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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