Tobias and the Big Fish

Book Title: Biblia ectypa : Bildnussen auss Heiliger Schrifft Alt und Neuen Testaments in welchen alle Geschichte und Erscheinungen deutlich und schrifftmässig zu Gottes Ehre und andächtiger Seelen erbaulicher Beschauung vorgestellet werden. Mit Röm. Kayserl. Mayest: aller gnädigst-ertheilten Privilegio neu hervorgebracht von Christoph Weigel, Kupferstecher in Augspurg

Author: Weigel, Christoph, 1654-1725

Image Title: Tobias and the Big Fish

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Description: A fish jumps out of the Tigris and Tobias catches it. His companion Azarias, who is really the angel Raphael, instructs Tobias to save the heart, liver, and gall of the fish, and to cook the rest for dinner. Tobias' dog stands nearby.

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