Complete and homogeneous suite of six plates
– Tobie fait ensevelir les morts (Tobias has the dead buried)
– Tobie devient aveugle ayant reçu une fiente d’oiseau dans l’oeil (Tobias is blinded by bird droppings in his eye)
– Tobie le fils se rend maître d’un poisson monstrueux et en retire le fiel, le coeur et le foie (Tobias the son takes control of a monstrous fish and removes its gall, heart and liver)
– Retour de Ragès accompagnant Sara la fiancée de Tobie (Return of Rages with Sara, Tobias’ fiancée)
– Arrivée de Tobie à la maison paternelle lui rendant la vue (Arrival of Tobias at his father’s house, restoring his sight)
– L’Ange se découvre à Tobie (The Angel reveals himself to Tobias)
Original etching
185 × 265 mm, thread margins
Fine impressions of the first state (of 2), before the Gallays address, mounted in claret, light touches of red ink in the left part of R.-D. 5, printing folds on each plate
Watermark: Crowned coat of arms with fleur-de-lys (on each leaf, Heawood 1663)
Reference: Robert-Dumesnil I 2-7, Le Blanc 4-9 i/ii