Andalusian school of the 18th century

Andalusian school of the 18th century.
"Tobias and the angel Saint Raphael".
Oil on canvas.
With inscription on the back.
Frame of the late nineteenth century.
Measurements: 33 x 26 cm; 39 x 31 x 3 cm (frame).

Placed in a landscape appear in the foreground two figures: a winged, luxuriously dressed, and, next to him, a young man with humbler clothes. The painting shows the previous moment in which Tobias, following the instructions of the angel, is about to tear out the heart and entrails of a huge fish to cure his father's blindness (Book of Tobit: VII, 15). According to the biblical passage, the scene in which Tobias and Raphael stop at Lake Tiberias where Tobias catches the fish that will cure his father's blindness, takes place at sunset. And it is precisely the fishing event that is depicted in most of the paintings. The golden light of the sunset can be appreciated, reflected on the right side of the composition, where the sun hides between the mountains.