BOTTICELLI, Sandro
(b. 1445, Firenze, d. 1510, Firenze)

Holy Trinity (detail)

1491-93
Tempera on panel
Courtauld Gallery, London

The archangel Raphael is leading the young Tobias by the hand. He is holding a small box, and Tobias is carrying a fish in a noose. The fish is Tobias' attribute. He was advised by the angel to use its gallbladder to restore his blind father's sight; the miraculous gallbladder was kept in the box.