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Study of a Saint During a Plague
Mariano Rossiabout 1790
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
A saint is shown praying in the moat of a town in the right foreground. Dead and dying persons lie in the moat and are thrown into it. Framing stripe and line.
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Details
- Title: Study of a Saint During a Plague
- Creator: Mariano Rossi
- Creator Lifespan: 1731/1807
- Date Created: about 1790
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- Medium: Brush and black wash, pen and black ink, black chalk on paper
- Provenance: Giovanni Piancastelli; Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee.
- Markings: watermark: lily in double ovoid over "A"
- Inscribed: at bottom left corner: "M.Rossi"
- Dimensions: 34.6 x 23.9 cm (13 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
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