M0007631: Portrait of Saint Roch

Previous title, replaced May 2020: St Roch. Tempera painting by an Italian painter.

Photograph of a framed tempera painting from a 15th century Italian painter depicting St Roch standing and lifting his tunic to show the plague bubo on his right thigh. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 14th February 1939 (P387/1939). Related images: V0017382.

22 January 1941

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 44831i. Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative: P387/1939.

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.