M0004175: Fresco painting of Cardinal Juan de Lugo (1583-1660)

Date:
5 February 1935
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/34/21
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Credit

M0004175: Fresco painting of Cardinal Juan de Lugo (1583-1660). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Fresco in the Dispensary of Hospital Santo Spirito, Rome.

Description

A reproduction of a photograph of a fresco painting of Cardinal Juan de Lugo (1583-1660) ordering the quinine be dispensed at the Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome. Juan de Lugo heard of the medicinal properties of cinchona bark with treating malaria and ordered for it to be distributed. The creator of this painting is unknown. Related images: M0004149

Publication/Creation

5 February 1935

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10 x 12 cm photographic print; 9 x 11 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 47366i

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

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