M0008517: Plague in an ancient city, believed to be Athens

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Oil painting: plague at Athens.

Reproduction of an oil painting traditionally attributed to Nicolas Poussin, but by Michael Sweerts. The original painting is held by the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art.

03 February 1942

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.