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Tobias Fishing in the Presence of the Archangel Raphael

Impressionist / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 12 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Tobias Fishing in the Presence of the Archangel Raphael” of 1752 by Francesco Guardi.  Francesco Guardi was one of the last of the Venetian school of painting and was forty years old when he produced this masterpiece.  His most important works date from the years following this effort and his quick brushwork was to have an influence on the French Impressionists of the following century.  He died in 1793, four years before the death of the Venetian Republic.  This painting is in the Church of the Angel Raphael in Venice and measures 140 cm wide and 80 cm high.

Reproduction for sale on Zazzle