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Illness and Diseases


Famine, Plague, etc.



5 subcategories
Famine

FAMINE

Insanity

INSANITY

Leprosy

LEPROSY

Patients and Invalids

PATIENTS AND INVALIDS

Plague

PLAGUE

188 photos
Lady Macbeth walks in her sleep (Shakespeare,          
Macbeth, Act V scene 1)                                
Canvas, 221 x 160 cm
#40060446

Lady Macbeth walks in her sleep (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V scene 1)...

Le miracle de la peste de Sainte Francoise Romaine.    
Saint Francoise Romana and the miracle of the plague.  
Canvas,121 x 102 cm            R.F.1999-1
#40060717

Le miracle de la peste de Sainte Francoise Romaine. Saint Francoise Romana a...

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary healing the lepers.         
Canvas
#40060934

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary healing the lepers. Canvas

A scene from the plague.                               
Canvas
#40061229

A scene from the plague. Canvas

Saint Peter's shadow falls upon the sick; they are     
healed. (Acts, 5,12-14). From the lower row of murals  
of the private chapel of the Brancacci family. Legenda 
Aurea. 1425-1428.      See 40-07-08/1-24               
232 x 162 cm
#40070814

Saint Peter's shadow falls upon the sick; they are healed. (Acts, 5,12-14)....

Saint Peter's shadow falls upon the sick; they are     
healed. Detail of 40-07-08/12, Saint Peter walking     
in Jerusalem. Lower row of the murals of the private   
chapel of the Brancacci family. Legenda Aurea.         
1425-1428. See 40-07-08/1-24
#40070815

Saint Peter's shadow falls upon the sick; they are healed. Detail of 40-07-...

Saint Peter's shadow heals the sick. Detail of         
40-07-08/13: two cripples. From the lower row of       
murals of the private chapel of the Brancacci          
family. 1425-1427    See 40-07-08/1-24                 
232 x 162 (entire panel)
#40070816

Saint Peter's shadow heals the sick. Detail of 40-07-08/13: two cripple...

Attis, Phrygian god,companion of the Goddess Cybele.   
In an orgiastic frenzy,Attis is said to have           
emasculated himself.                                   
Bronze, around 1440                                    
Inv. 448
#400709 8

Attis, Phrygian god,companion of the Goddess Cybele. In an orgiastic frenzy,A...

Saint Rochus distributing alms to the plague-ridden.   
According to legend, Saint Rochus was a                
rich young man from Montpellier, France,               
who gave his inheritance to the poor.                  
Canvas (1594-1595), 331 x 477 cm         Inv. 305
#40071056

Saint Rochus distributing alms to the plague-ridden. According to legend, Sai...

The plague in Venice, 1666.                            
Canvas, 99 x 135 cm                                    
Inv. GNr.430 C
#40080350

The plague in Venice, 1666. Canvas, 99 x 135 cm...

Saint Louis IX, King of France, prays for the end      
of the plague. In 1270, during his crusade against     
the Saracens, the king himself succumbed to the plague.
1632, Canvas, 140 x 180 cm                             
Inv. 2171
#400809 4

Saint Louis IX, King of France, prays for the end of the plague. In 1270,...

Christ heals the paralytic.                            
Around 1730                                            
Inv. 4100
#40081020

Christ heals the paralytic. Around 1730...