The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family
{{Short description|Painting by Rembrandt}}
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{{infobox painting
| image = Rembrandt_De_aartsengel_verlaat_Tobias_en_zijn_gezin._1637.jpg
| title = The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family
| other_language_1 = French
| other_title_1 = L'Archange Raphaël quittant la famille de Tobie
| year = 1637
| artist = Rembrandt
| medium = Oil on panel
| height_metric = 66
| width_metric = 52
| museum = Louvre
| city = Paris}}
The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family is a 1637 oil-on-panel painting by Rembrandt, now in the Louvre, in Paris, France.{{cite book |last1=Grubb |first1=Nancy |title=Angels in art |date=1995 |publisher=Artabras |location=New York |isbn=0-89660-062-9 |page=96 |url=https://archive.org/details/angelsinart00grub/}} The painting depicts a scene from the Book of Tobit, in which the archangel Raphael departs after guiding Tobias on his journey and helping to cure the blindness of his father, Tobit.{{cite book |last1=Grubb |first1=Nancy |title=Angels in art |date=1995 |publisher=Artabras |location=New York |isbn=0-89660-062-9 |page=125 |url=https://archive.org/details/angelsinart00grub/}}
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External links
- [https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010062024 The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family] at the Louvre website.
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category:Paintings by Rembrandt
Category:Paintings in the Louvre by Dutch artists