Saint Carlo Borromeo, with a rope around his neck, carrying a cross through the plague-ridden streets of Milan in 1576. Engraving by J. Frey, 1749, after Pietro da Cortona.

  • Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
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1749
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10127i
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See further: Raymond Crawfurd, Plague and pestilence in literature and art, Oxford 1914.

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Rome, 1749.

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1 print : line engraving and etching ; image 61.4 x 38.9 cm

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Excelso principi D. Fabricio Columnœ Mag. Reg. Neapol. Comiti. Stabili. Arœ maximœ in Eccl. cleric. regul. S. Pauli de Vrbe, â Philippo, eius abavo, in honorem S. Caroli Boromœi avunculi sui magnificé extructœ, tabulam â Petro Berettino egregié depictam, et nunc â se delineatam, ac œri incisam, in ... obsequij argumentum ceu eiusdem arœ Patrono D.D. Iacob ... Some lettering is omitted due to damage

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Wellcome Collection 10127i

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