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Three Episodes from the Life of Saint Bernardino of Siena
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In the foreground, the doctors of the hospitals in Siena turn to the rector in despair during the outbreak of a plague epidemic (episode 7). On the right, the hospital ward with plague victims (episode 8). In the background on the left, Saint Bernardino of Siena watching and meditating before an altar (episode 9).
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Credit lineDrie episoden uit het leven van de heilige Bernardinus van Siena. 1635. Bernardino Capitelli. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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