Pollaiuolo's Tobias and the Angel, 1469
FEB 22 2026
An analysis of the Tobias and the Angel painted by Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo in 1469, reading it as a display of Florentine wealth and fashion as much as a biblical scene. The subject was extremely popular with Florentine merchant families whose sons travelled.
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