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The Wedding Night of Tobias and Sarah
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Before Tobias slept with his wife Sara he put the liver and heart of the fish on a fire to drive away the demon, of whom Sara was possessed and who had killed all the men with whom she would marry. In the background the demon flees and is bound to a tree by Raphael. Through the other window it can be seen how a servant of Sara's father Raguel is already digging a grave, because he is afraid that Tobias will not survive the wedding night either. In the foreground Tobias and Sara kneel in prayer to ask God for blessing and protection over their marriage. At the bottom in the margin an explanatory text in Latin. After Tobit 8: 1-9.
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Credit lineHuwelijksnacht van Tobias en Sara. 1560 - 1590. Symon Novelanus. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.