A new exhibition of works on paper in Gallery P13 contains some sketches that are related to other pieces in the European painting collection.
This print by Rembrandt, tells part of the story from the book of Tobit (a scripture that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblcial canon). Another part of this story is decpicted by Jean-Francois Millet's Waiting in Gallery P30. The wall label describes the scene:
"Here Tobias, watched sympathetically by an angel, extracts the fish gall that will cure his father's blindness according to the Apocryphal story (Tobit 11). Note the concentration in Tobias' profile, reinforced by the pressure applied with his left arm and by his left knee pushing against the rock. The background is no more than bare paper, but convincingly serves as a foil to the figures, suggesting an extensive background space."
Another interesting piece in the exhibit is a study by Nicolas Poussin for his Triumph of Bacchus that is on view in Gallery P14. This painting was one of a series of three commissioned by the famous French statesman Cardinal Richelieu.
The exhibit is on view through October 7, 2007.