Saint Roch, named by Christ as patron of plague-victims; below, people suffering from plague. Engraving by P. Pontius, 1626, after Sir P.P. Rubens.

  • Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.
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Saint Roch, named by Christ as patron of plague-victims; below, people suffering from plague. Engraving by P. Pontius, 1626, after Sir P.P. Rubens. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1626

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1 print : engraving

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Sancte Roche ora pro nobis. Petrus Paulus Rubenius pinxit. Paulus Pontius sculpsit. Cum privilegiis Regis Christianissimi, Serenissimae Infantis, et Ordinum Confederatorum anno 1626

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C.G.V. Schneevoogt, Catalogue des estampes gravées d'aprés P. P. Rubens, Haarlem 1873, pp. 108-109, no.133 ("133. ( B 44.) St . Roch, auquel J.C . montre cette inscription soutenue par un ange : Eris in peste patronus. Au bas sont plusieurs pestiférés implorant l' intercession de ce Saint. Titre: Sancte Roche ora pro nobis. Paulus Pontius sculpsit C.P.R . etc. 1626. 19 p. 7 l. de haut, 13 p. 3 l. de large . T . Planche cintrée. Le tableau, un des chefs d'oeuvre du maître, est à l' église de St . Roch à Alost.")
Hans Vlieghe, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, part VIII, Saints, Brussels 1972-1973, vol. 2, pp. 142-144, no. 140, copy 7

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