Mattia Preti
Tobias Healing His Father's Blindness

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Artist Mattia Preti (Italian (Neapolitan), 1613–1699)Italian (Neapolitan), 1613–1699

CultureItalian

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Tobias Healing His Father's Blindness

DateLate 1670s

PlaceItaly

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionsimage: 41 × 51 in. (104.1 × 129.5 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1984.25

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

215 Blaffer Galleries

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Silvano Lodi, Campione d'Italia, Italy]; [Piero Corsini Gallery, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1984.
Exhibition History“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

"Picturing the Senses in European Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 10–July 17, 2011.

"A Brush with Passion: Mattia Preti (1613-1699). Paintings from North American Collections in Honor of the 400th Anniversary of His Birth," Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, February 6–April 14, 2013.

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