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St. Rochus and the plague victims
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St. Rochus and the plague victims

Jacob Neefs · 1656 - 1661 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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At the bottom various people pray for healing and deliverance from the plague. To the right lie several plague victims felled on the ground. In the heaven the Christ monogram with below it Saint Roch of Montpellier. He shows a plague wound on his thigh to the people who pray to him. To the right in the heaven sit various plague saints. Adrian of Nicomedia, dressed in armor, leans on an anvil. Anthony the Great of Egypt holds a bell, his staff and a book in his hands, Saint Sebastian holds an arrow in his hand. Nicholas of Tolentino has a star on his chest. At the bottom in the margin a two-line text in Latin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineH. Rochus en de pestlijders. 1656 - 1661. Jacob Neefs. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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