Tobias Leaving the Table, from "The Story of Tobias" 1543

This is a 16th-century engraving by German artist Georg Pencz, depicting a scene from the Book of Tobit. The print, "Tobias Leaving the Table," shows Tobias (the young man in the center) receiving instructions from his father (on the left), while a woman in the background pours water into a bowl. The scene is set in a domestic interior, with the figures carefully rendered in the detailed style of Northern Renaissance engraving. The engraving was created for the 1543 collection *The Story of Tobias*, which included a series of prints illustrating this biblical tale. This artwork was created in the same style as many German Renaissance artists, and is a fine example of the German Northern Renaissance art style.