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Explore the exhibition 'Castiglione: Lost Genius' at The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh opening November 2014.
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GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1609-64)

Tobit Burying the Dead

c. 1645-50

RCIN 830450

The pious Tobit watches as a corpse is secretly prepared for burial at dead of night during the Jewish Exile in Assyria. The only source of light is a torch, so bright that a bystander has to cover his eyes.

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