GOZZOLI, Benozzo
(b. ca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia)

Tobias and the Fish

1464-65
Fresco
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano

The eight saints standing in niches on the fronts and sides of the choir pillars are important elements in the design. The four saints in the lower register, Sebastian, Bartolus, Nicholas of Tolentino and Tobias, are each provided with a story related to their lives.

The picture shows the story from the right-hand pillar related to Tobias.




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