When Titian's eldest son, a wastrel named Pomponio, sold off his dead father's studio and its contents in 1581, an unremarkable painting of the young Tobias with an angel was part of the sale. The picture was hung in the Barbarigo family palazzo on Venice's Grand Canal. There it remained until 1850 when it was again sold, with 102 other paintings, to the Russian consul-general. His master, Tsar Nicholas I, however, did not much care for Titian's late works—in his view they weren't polished enough for the Hermit-age-and the Barbarigo pictures were sold on in favour of other works he liked more.
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机译：提香（Titian）的长子名叫庞波尼奥（Pomponio）的废纸sold在1581年出售了他死去的父亲的工作室及其物品时，这幅平淡无奇的年轻托比亚斯与天使的画作便成为了拍卖的一部分。图片悬挂在威尼斯大运河上的Barbarigo家庭宫殿中。在那里一直保留到1850年，再与另外102幅画作一起卖给了俄罗斯总领事。然而，他的大师沙皇尼古拉斯一世（Tsar Nicholas I）对Titian的后期作品并不太在意-他认为这些画不适合隐士时代-而且Barbarigo的照片被出售以支持他更喜欢的其他作品。
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