The angel of death striking a door during the plague of Rome. Engraving by J.G. Levasseur after J. Delaunay.
- Delaunay, Jules-Elie, 1828-1891.
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In the left background, the steps leading up to the church of S. Maria Aracoeli. To right, a shrine to Aesculapius with a statue and inscription "AESCVLAP[IO] SERVATO[RI]"
Lettering
Elie Delaunay pinxt. ; Levasseur sculpt.
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : Imp. Chardon-Wittmann.
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 33.2 x 44.9 cm
Publications note
Jacques Lethève and Françoise Gardey, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome XIV, Paris 1967, p. 232. Jule-Gabriel Levasseur no. 70 ("Une pl[anche] pour la Société française de gravure, pl. XXXII, 1894 : La peste à Rome, d'apr. Elie Delaunay. Deux épr[euves] dont 1 avant l[ettres]" )
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Wellcome Library no. 10134i
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- French
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