Tobias and the Angel

after Adam Elsheimer (Frankfurt am Main 1578 – Rome 1610). Oil painting on canvas, Tobias and the Angel after Adam Elsheimer (Frankfurt am Main 1578 – Rome 1610). Tobias is shown crossing a river over stepping stones, with the Angel behind him. After a version in the Historisches Museum at Frankfurt. Another version, possibly the original, was once in the collection of William Beckford at Fonthill Abbey, by 1833 and then became the property of his son-in-law, the 10th Duke of Hamilton and sold by the 12th Duke at Christie's, June 17 1882 for 24 guineas; subsequently belonged to Claude Philips (art critic of the Daily Telegraph); Alec Martin and his widow Lady Martin before being sold at Christie's in 1977. Ham House, Surrey (Accredited Museum)