Tobias in Vis, Symon novellanus, 1560 - 1590 print In the foreground, Tobias is shocked by the fish in the Tigris, who bitten him in the foot. The Archangel Rafaël instructs him to catch the fish and to cut and store the heart, liver and bile of the fish. Tobias dog accompanied them. Tobias caught the fish in the background. At the bottom of the margin an explanatory text in Latin. To Tobit 6: 2-9. Cologne paper etching a large fish appears while Tobias is washing his feet; he is frightened. the angel Raphael tells Tobias to cut the fish to pieces


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