Genaro Rivera Aviles
San Rafael
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
RoomLuce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 21B
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
Saint Raphael, the guide of travelers and pilgrims, is represented here with his symbols, a fish and a staff. According to the book of Tobit, Raphael accompanied Tobit’s son Tobias on a long journey. When the young Tobias caught a fish in the Tigris River, Raphael warned him not to eat the heart and liver. Later, Tobias used these parts as protection against the devil.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1996.91.51
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0