SOLIMENA, Francesco
(b. 1657, Canale di Serino, d. 1747, Barra)

The Healing of Tobit

c. 1720
Oil on canvas, 73 x 44 cm
Private collection

This painting, illustrating the Biblical story of Tobit (Tobit 11, 11), was probably a modello. The monumentality of the classically-inspired figures recalls the tenebrismo of Mattia Preti.