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The Archangel Raphael with Tobias (16th century)
The Archangel Raphael with Tobias (16th century)
Public Domain
Artist
Michele Tosini
Artist Dates
1507-1577
Artist Nationality
Italian
Title
The Archangel Raphael with Tobias
Date
16th century
Medium
tempera on panel
Dimensions
66.6 x 49.5 cm (26-1/4 x 19-1/2 in)
K Number
K1236
Repository
Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor
Accession Number
A1961.17.4
Notes

Provenance

Gioacchino Ferroni, Florence, Italy. [1] (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955], Rome-Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on 1 September 1939 ; gift to the Staten Island Museum in 1961, no. A1961.17.4 [1] The painting was not included in the Joachim Ferroni sale at Jandolo and Tavazzi on 14-22 April 1909 in Rome.

Catalogue Entry

Michele Tosini
The Archangel Raphael with Tobias
K1236

Staten Island, N.Y., Institute of Arts and Sciences, Study Collec­tion (61-17.4), since 1961. Wood. 26 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (66.6 x 49.5 cm.). Good condition; few minor restorations; cleaned 1940. Attributed also to Bronzino's pupil Alessandro Allori, K1236 exhibits the even more pronounced Mannerist peculiarities of Michele di Ridolfo.(1) The long, lax fingers, the fluttering drapery, and the contrapposto arrangement of the figures are usual with Michele, and the movement of Tobias, his body twisting forward into the front plane, is found again in Michele's Archangels in San Michele at Passignano,(2) where Raphael wears almost the same costume as here, holds a similar box, and is accompanied by the same kind of dog. Yet K1236 is more sketchy, less firm in modeling than is expected from Michele. The strongly Mannerist style points to a date of about 1560/70. Provenance: Gioacchino Ferroni, Florence. Contini Bona­cossi, Florence. Kress acquisition, 1939 –exhibited: Roose­velt House, Hunter College, New York, N.Y., Dec. 1944.

References

(1) K1236 has been attributed (in ms. opinions) to Michele di Ridolfo by G. Fiocco, R. Longhi, F. M. Perkins, W. E. Suida, and A. Venturi, and to Allori by B. Berenson. (2) Reproduced by Berenson (Italian Pictures ... Florentine School, vol. II, 1963, fig. 1303).

Catalogue Volume

Italian Paintings XVI – XVIII Century