Two holy men lie side by side affected by the plague: in the background, the plague epidemic. Drawing.

Date:
[between 1700 and 1799?]
Reference:
979900i
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Two holy men lie side by side affected by the plague: in the background, the plague epidemic. Drawing. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The two men lie on mattresses and hold crosses. They have no haloes. In the background, the pillars of a temple or palace, bodies on the ground, and a man carrying a body on his back. Below, an empty panel, presumably for text to be engraved

Publication/Creation

[between 1700 and 1799?]

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil and brown ink ; image and border 15.1 x 10.2 cm

Creator/production credits

Possibly Italian, 17th century

Reference

Wellcome Collection 979900i

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